Leïla Slimani
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more...
Author
Series
In the country of others volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies" (The New York Times Book Review), Leila Slimani draws on her own family's inspiring story for the first volume in a planned trilogy about race, resilience, and women's empowerment. Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with Amine, a handsome Moroccan soldier in the French army during...
Author
Series
In the country of others volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Collection Folio volume 6492
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
«"Louise ? Quelle chance vous avez d'être tombés sur elle. Elle a été comme une seconde mère pour mes garçons. Ça a été un vrai crève-cœur quand nous avons dû nous en séparer. Pour tout vous dire, à l'époque, j'ai même songé à faire un troisième enfant pour pouvoir la garder. "Lorsque Myriam décide malgré les réticences de son mari de reprendre son activité au sein d'un cabinet d'avocats, le couple se met à la recherche d'une...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine*
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.
One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review, by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, In the Country of Others, and Watch...
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.
One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review, by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, In the Country of Others, and Watch...