2022/68: The Godmother -- Hannelore Cayre, translated by Stephanie Smee
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 06:22 am2022/68: The Godmother -- Hannelore Cayre, translated by Stephanie Smee
You may call us wops, vulgar foreigners, outsiders – but tremble, good people, for we shall crush you all! [loc. 1933]
Patience Portefeux, 53 years old and a widow, works as a French-Arabic translator for the Department of Justice, specialising in phone taps. She has two grown daughters at university to support, and retirement home fees for her mother to pay: there's never quite enough money. ( Read more... )