50 proofs that "Adolescence is not a sweet song"

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Today, “Cannonball - Adolescence is not a sweet song” by Sylvia Hansel, published on September 10, 2020 by Éditions Intervalles.

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 by Sylvia Hansel, published on September 10, 2020 by Éditions Intervalles.

Her favorite quote:

“This is my version of things;

if some protagonists have a different one, they are free to give it, if they like.

"

Why this book?

• Because we were all teenagers and Sylvia Hansel

  knew how to make her particular case, without concessions or nastiness, universal.

  We understand his joys (rare), his anger (constant).

  Better: we relive them with her.

• Because the book makes you want to discover songs

  that we do not know and hear again those that are familiar to us.

  It is not only an autobiography but also a declaration of love for rock.

• Because this very funny book!

  The author's humor

  is better than the politeness of despair.

  She practices it as an art of living.

  
  

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

 Sylvia Hansel looks back on her adolescence through the fifty songs that accompanied and supported her.

She tells the first person about what made her the adult she has become.

Characters.

 Sylvia, her mother, her father, her brother, her friends, her friends and her loves.

And especially the music.

Places.

 The Parisian suburbs.

Lorraine.

Normandy.

France.

But especially the ears and guts of the novelist.

The time.

 From 1993 to 2001.

The author.

 Sylvia Hansel is a musician and journalist.

She has published two other novels,

(2015) and

(2018).

She composes, plays the guitar and sings.

His rock podcast is exciting.

She has a companion and a cat.

One of the two is called Spam.

This book was read with emotion.

 I laughed, I had tears in my eye.

Sylvia Hansel's style gives the impression that she is there, close to us, telling us about her life, like a nice friend who has had it all but doesn't take herself seriously.

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