Loved iti thought that was so brilliantly done so even though this book isn't everyone's cup of tea that doesn't stop me from being deeply impressed by this book and i have been deeply impressed by this book the entire year long
Hausfrau (2015)
Others: Positive Anna Benz, an American woman in her thirties, lives in comfort and affluence with her Swiss banker husband and their three young children in a picture-perfect suburb of Zurich. Despite the tranquility and order of her domestic existence, Anna is falling apart. In an effort to restart her life, she turns to Jungian analysis, German language classes, and a series of extramarital affair, whose consequences she cannot foretell.
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