Leïla Slimani Collection 3 Books Set Lullaby, Adele, The Country of Others
by Leïla Slimani Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The Country of Others
Publisher : Faber & Faber;
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0571361633
ISBN-13 : 978-0571361632
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm
1944. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves France to join her husband in Morocco. But life here is unrecognisable to this brave and passionate young woman. Her life is now that of a farmer's wife - with all the sacrifices and vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm and by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner, Mathilde grows increasingly restless.As Morocco's struggle for independence intensifies, Mathilde and her husband find themselves caught in the crossfire.
Adele
Publisher : Faber & Faber;
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 0571331963
ISBN-13 : 978-0571331963
Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.3 x 19.8 cm
Adèle has a seemingly enviable life. She is a respected journalist, living in a flawless Paris apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', Adèle is bored. She begins to orchestrate her life around one-night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until her compulsions threaten to consume her altogether.
Lullaby
Publisher : Faber & Faber;
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 0571337546
ISBN-13 : 978-0571337545
Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.3 x 19.8 cm
When Myriam, a brilliant lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband look for a nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint and hosts enviable birthday parties. But as the couple and their nanny become more and more dependent on each other, jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, until Myriam and Paul's idyllic domesticity is shattered . . .
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Leïla Slimani Collection 3 Books Set Lullaby, Adele, The Country of Others
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