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Le bureau desâmes

by Catherine Roumanoff, published on May 4, 2022 by Éditions Le lotus et l'éléphant.


His favorite quote:

But ghosts don't scare me.

Who are they, apart from fools?

Naive beings who ignore the very essence of their condition.

They do not know that it is over for them and wander like lost souls, clinging miserably to what preoccupies them.

Why this book?

  • Because if this novel can be seen as a book

    of personal development, it is also a contemporary novel featuring a heroine, Coraline, like you and me, and who, faced with an ordeal in life, must find the way to meet up.

  • Because if this novel clearly speaks of a love story,

    it is above all a novel about the construction of oneself.

    Indeed, Coraline has a gift, that of helping souls in pain.

    But that is not her job because she has managed to find the right balance to lead a personal life on the side.

    But when love knocks on her door, the cards are dealt and she must make an important decision.

  • Because Catherine Roumanoff masters her subject to perfection.

    We feel the research work but also the authenticity in sharing and understanding this gift that many people on earth possess.

    I was fascinated by Coraline's gift but I was also touched by her desire to explain how it works and what it is based on.

  • Because each of the characters is touching in their own way.

    Because if Coraline is the heroine, the other characters who gravitate around her, living or dead, have a role to play in the construction of Coraline.

    Special mention to Héléna who I liked from the first pages.


The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

Coraline is a medium and she helps souls to cross to the other side.

But she aspires to live a beautiful love story.

When she arrives and one day her gift manifests itself and disrupts this beautiful story, Coraline will have to make choices.

Characters.

Coraline of course but also Félix, Emma, ​​Jugan or Héléna on earth without forgetting the many souls that Coraline helps.

Places.

If the story begins in France, we go through Rome, Siena or even Athens in Greece.

The time.

The story takes place in our time.

The author.

Catherine Roumanoff was a designer for children's rooms before discovering hypnotherapy at the age of 40: it was love at first sight.

She then opened a practice and became a full-time hypnotherapist.

She accompanies her patients every day, while being a speaker and an artist.

This book was read with

great pleasure because I loved the evolution of the heroine and the exploitation of her gift throughout the story.

Catherine Roumanoff offers a touching and delicate story highlighting a heroine in search of herself.

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