M.: Phantom Press: Eksmo, 2008. – 224 p. (Easy Books Series) ISBN: 978-5-86471-455-3 Translator: Alexandra N. Vasilkova Original: Arièle Butaux “Morue!”, 2006 OCR – vanillaSpell-Check – natasha-shubina “Goats!” - Eliza, Florence and Caroline, the heroines of Ariel Buteau, exclaimed. “What a lot of things!” - the handsome prince answers them, whose white horse is quite tired. What would love be without kind words, what would love be if we didn’t call each other different birds, fish... and even curse words? “Things!” – a new book by Ariel Buteau, this is a continuation of the novel in short stories “Goats!” The three young women who so bravely defied the dangers of love and other natural disasters in the first book are with us again. Disillusioned with marriage, motherhood and even adultery, they finally give men back and get great pleasure from it. A weekend trip to Normandy turns into a nightmare; the abandoned mother of the family makes plans for terrible revenge; the tactlessness of a lover who decided to secretly sneak into a bachelorette party will be mercilessly punished... Teeth grind, doors slam, details kill. Irony and humor in the stories of these cute little things merged with tenderness and French charm. The new book by one of the best modern French writers, “the younger sister of Anna Gavalda,” as the press dubbed her, is a real pleasure, mixing smiles and tears, sadness and fun, seriousness and frivolity.