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Marzahn, mon amour: Storie di una pedicure by Katja Oskamp, Rachele Salerno
7 reviews
aseel_reads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was a quick and easy read, some parts had me awing or laughing aloud, but it wasn't groundbreaking. Did learn more about chiropractory, which was interesting albeit kind of gross haha
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
exhausted__reader's review against another edition
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Suicide
alibopa's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Cancer
eleanorjmca's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Marzahan, Mon Amour opens with a middle-aged author who is down on her publishing luck and is retraining as a chiropodist. The rest of the book unfolds in a series of short storyish vignettes, each one focussing on one of her clients or coworkers at the salon in Marzahan, a Berlin suburb in what was East Germany. This was a really warm-hearted read. The clients - all ordinary people, mostly older and often down on their luck, battling ill-health, loneliness or poverty - were treated so kindly by the narrator and their stories told in a very tender fashion . Each vignette was perfectly self-contained, but combined they built up a layered picture of the area, one that highlighted the impact of history, politics, and social policy on people, that really humanising the impacts of the former GDR. Being somewhat older myself I also appreciated the author’s thoughts on the realities of middle age. All in all a surprisingly compelling read, much more so than you would expect from a book about someone looking after other people’s feet to be.
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide and Dementia
itsredandread's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Death and Dementia
lena04's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide and Dementia