Book guide
The Book of Goose
Two girls invent a private world so powerful it can ruin the life it saves.
GenresLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryComing of age
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About The Book of Goose
After learning that her childhood friend Fabienne has died, Agnès looks back on their postwar French village childhood and the literary scheme that carried her from obscurity to fame. The novel follows a friendship shaped by imagination, obsession, exploitation, and memory.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- toxic friendship
- child death
- sibling death
- animal death
- childbirth
- animal cruelty
- adult/minor relationship
