Name: the pleasing hour
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Author: Lily King
ISBN: 9780802143747

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lily King

Publisher

Grove Press

Language

English

Pages

237

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN

9780802143747

ISBN13

9780802143747

Synopsis "the pleasing hour"

Lily King's highly acclaimed, award-winning debut novel is the story of Rosie, an American au pair in Paris whose coming of age defies all our usual conceptions of naïveté and experience. Rosie is fleeing an unspeakable loss that has left her homesick for her family. As she awkwardly grasps for the words to communicate with and connect to Nicole, the cool, distant, and beautifully polished mother of the three children she cares for, Rosie's bond with the patriarch of the household develops almost too naturally. When Lola, the middle child, begins to suspect an indecent intimacy between Rosie and her father, Rosie moves to the south of France to care for Nicole's elderly guardian, the storyteller of the family's secrets. There, she discovers a past darkened by war and duplicity, and finally comes to understand the tragedy behind Nicole's elusive demeanor.

Lily King

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Lily King es autora best seller del New York Times de siete novelas, entre las que se incluyen Euforia y Escritores y amantes, además de Cinco martes de invierno, una antología de relatos. Su obra ha sido galardonada con el Kirkus Prize y el Barnes & Noble Discover Award, y ha sido finalista del National Book Critics Circle Award y del PEN/Hemingway Award. Vive en Portland, Maine.

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