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Veronika coelho6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() The remainder of the novel follows her last week in Villete and her interactions with some of the other inmates. ![]() Not only does she find herself in this hospital, but she also finds that she has damaged her heart with her suicide attempt and will die within the week. Unfortunately for Veronika her attempt fails and she wakes in Villete, “the famous and much-feared lunatic asylum”. Her preference is by overdosing on sleeping pills, which she takes one day in her rented room in a convent. She decides, in quite an organised way, to end her life. She is not, however, happy with this life. Veronika is loved by her parents, she has a steady job as a librarian and has had a string of boyfriends. ![]() The novel is set in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the eponymous Veronkia is a beautiful young woman who seemingly should have the world at her feet. This is my second Paulo Coelho book after reading The Devil and Miss Prym a couple of years ago. Book # 90 Reviewer: Ms Oh Waily (first published January 2014) ![]()
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