Gemma Bovery
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It a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flauberts notorious heroine? Is it by chance that like Madame Bovary Gemma is bored adulterous and a bad credit risk? Is she inevitably doomed? Gemma is the pretty second wife of Charlie Bovery the reluctant stepmother of his children and the bte noire of his ex-wife. A sudden windfall and Gemmas distaste for London take them across the Channel to Normandy where the charms of French country living soon wear off. Gemmas neighbor the intellectual baker Joubert is consumed by fascination for her. Denying voyeurism but nonetheless noting every change in the fit of Gemmas jeans every addition to her wardrobe all of her love bites and lovers Joubertwith the help of the heroines diariesfollows her path toward ruin. Adultery and its consequences. Disappointment and deception. Fat and slim. Then and now. Familiar ingredients of the novel are given new life in Gemma Boverys unique graphic form.
