![]() ![]() Jocelyne had to give up her dreams at 17, when her mother died, and she seems to have boxed herself in to not wanting much because of it. She's worried that having so much money will change everything even the lawyers she met in Paris to pick up her cheque have warned her that sudden wealth can be dangerous. She doesn't want this to disrupt her placid life of small desires, even if it isn't that great. She is so shocked that she doesn't tell anyone, just hides the cheque in a shoe and starts to wonder what to do with it. ![]() She's also just started a sewing blog, and has been convinced by her best friends (twins who run a hairdressing shop) to buy a lotto ticket, for the very first time. Jocelyne is 47, slightly overweight, in a dull long-term marriage, and works at a dressmaking shop. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell The List of my Desires / Gregoire Delacourt ![]()
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