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PEOPLE LIKE THEM - SAMIRA SEDIRA KARTONIERT (TB)

A prizewinning  riveting (The New York Times Book Review) psychological suspense novel inspired
by a true story about a couple in an insular French village whose lives are upended when a
family of outsiders moves in. Icy and chilling . . . In sharply drawn sentences  Sedira summons
the beauty of a small French village  and the shocking acts of the people inside it. Flynn
Berry  Edgar Award-winning and bestselling author of Under the Harrow and Northern Spy
Disturbing and powerful . . . I loved it. Leila Slimani  bestselling author of The Perfect
NannyAnna and Constant Guillot live with their two daughters in the peaceful  remote mountain
village of Carmac  largely deaf to the upheavals of the outside world. Everyone in Carmac knows
each other  and most of its residents look alike until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with
their three children.Wealthy and flashy  the family of five are outsiders in the small town 
their impressive chaletand three expensive cars a stark contrast to the modesty of those of
their neighbors. Despite their differences  the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy 
ambiguous friendship. But when both families begin experiencing financial troubles  the
underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship come to a breaking point  and the
unthinkable happens.With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling  People Like
Them asks: How could a seemingly normal person commit an atrocious crime? How could that
person's loved ones ever come to terms with it afterward? And how well can you really know your
own spouse?

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