A review by karleah_may
Beside the Sea by Véronique Olmi

4.0

This was a short read, and I think it needed to be because there was so much darkness and intense sadness in this short novel that I don't know if I could have read a longer story. This was a very intimate portrayal of mental illness and motherhood, and one woman's heartbreaking battle between the two. The writing itself was beautiful, and I have to commend both the author and the translator, there was something haunting about the raw pain that was communicated in this book. I would find it hard to recommend this book because of how painful it was to read, but it is a beautiful work of literature.