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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