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1. Tuer ma famille.
2. Réclamer leur héritage.
3. M'en sortir.
4. Adopter un chien.
Telle est la liste des priorités de Grace Bernard, anglaise, vingt-huit ans, des Louboutin aux pieds. Sauf que, en ce moment et à son grand regret, elle arbore plutôt l'uniforme terne et plastique de la prison de Limehouse. Comme quoi, planifier l'assassinat de chacun des membres de sa famille dès le tendre âge de treize ans n'est pas toujours gage de réussite. Et franchement, se voir condamner pour un meurtre que l'on n'a pas commis lorsqu'on en a mené à bien six autres, cela manque un peu de panache. Mais pas question pour Grace de se coltiner sa pénible compagne de cellule jusqu'à la fin des temps : elle compte bien l'emporter en appel et, d'ici là, quelle meilleure manière de s'occuper que de coucher son histoire sur le papier ? Même si, bien sûr, personne ne la lira. Rappelez-vous les points 2 à 4.
Avec ce premier thriller pétri d'humour noir, Bella Mackie dresse le portrait d'une génération luttant, à sa manière, contre les injustices qui lui sont faites. Un récit jubilatoire, et surtout, une lecture inoubliable.
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''An antiheroine able to best villainous male protagonists such as Patrick Bateman any day'' OBSERVER ''Chilling, but also laugh out loud funny. Another corker of a debut'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ''Deliciously addictive...brilliantly executed'' i PAPER Cosmopolitan and Grazia ''s best books of 2021 Kill my family Make a claim on their fortune Get away with the above Adopt a dog Meet Grace Bernard. Daughter, sister, colleague, friend, serial killer... Grace has lost everything. And now she wants revenge. How to Kill Your Family is a fierce and addictive novel about class, family, love... and murder. ------------------------ ''I''ve struggled to recover my reading mojo since lockdown. This turned out to be the thing that sparked it back to life... Funny, sharp, dark and twisted, Grace is a character I found myself rooting for even as she committed the most vile misdeeds'' JOJO MOYES ''Funny and furious and strangely uplifting. Grace is a bitter and beguiling anti-hero with a keen eye for social analysis - even in her most grisly deeds, you never stop rooting for her'' PANDORA SYKES ''Addictive... Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I''ve read in years'' EMMA GANNON ''A funny, compulsive read about family dysfuction and the media''s obsession with murder'' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ''You''ll be gripped... Grace''s emotional detachment throughout will give you chills'' Rated 5 stars by COSMOPOLITAN ''Hilarious and dark'' ELLE ''Ironic twists and caustic commentary on everything from liberal guilt to the consumerist con that is ''selfcare'' sharpen this debut novel'' OBSERVER Brilliantly tongue-in-cheek stuff from the Vogue columnist'' IRISH INDEPENDENT ''Witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets'' GRAZIA ''Original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read'' PRIMA ''A deliciously dark debut novel'' RED ''One very entertaining read'' WOMAN''S WAY Jog On was number 2 in the Sunday Times hardback chart on 20/01/19
