I enjoyed this story of a tempestuous love relationship with its ups and downs.
There's a couple of things that get me, though. First, I get that French and American attitudes toward work are different, ie, work for many French is viewed as less central to one's life than it is for many Americans. Still, with this much chaos in the couple's personal lives, it's hard to see how the lawyer wife is so successful in her career. As for the husband, I know there are rogues that manage to both be well-off and one inch ahead of the law. Still, beside mention of a restaurant ownership at the beginning, where does all the money come from?
Second, again on this topic of occupation and just IMHO, the wife didn't seem to have the mind or bearing of a highly successful lawyer. I got no sense of any deep intellectual acuity or curiosity. I got the feeling they wanted to make her the epitome of the smart, successful woman, so they chose that profession. But why not marketing or something more plausible?
