Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky

Bad Marie is the story of Marie, tall, voluptuous, beautiful, thirty years old, and fresh from six years in prison for being an accessory to murder and armed robbery. The only job Marie can get on the outside is as a nanny for her childhood friend Ellen Kendall, an upwardly mobile Manhattan executive whose mother employed Marie's mother as a housekeeper. After Marie moves in with Ellen, Ellen's angelic baby Caitlin, and Ellen's husband, a very attractive French novelist named Benoit Doniel, things get complicated, and almost before she knows what she's doing, Marie has absconded to Paris with both Caitlin and Benoit Doniel. On the run and out of her depth, Marie will travel to distant shores and experience the highs and lows of foreign culture, lawless living, and motherhood as she figures out how to be an adult; how deeply she can love; and what it truly means to be "bad".
Dermansky creates a exciting book, that captures the reader from the very first page. Marie is so bad and does whatever she want not thinking of the consequences. Her impulsiveness captures your attention with Dermansky's masterful writing. I found myself completely engaged in the story. I absolutely could not set this book down. I recommend this book to someone looking for a quick and edgy read!

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