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Perfect Nanny - Leila Slimani

Perfect Nanny

von Leila Slimani

*One of the10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ofThe New York Times Book Review**National Bestseller*';A great novel . . . Incredibly engaging and disturbing . . . You read the entire novel knowing something terrible is coming. In that, Slimani has us in her thrall.' Roxane Gay,New York Timesbestselling author ofBad FeministandHunger';A book . . . that I've thought about pretty much every day . . . [It] felt less like an entertainment, or even a work of art, than like a compulsion. I found it extraordinary.' Lauren Collins,The New Yorker';One of the most important books of the year. You can't unread it.' Barrie Hardymon, NPR'sWeekend EditionShe 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.When Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page,The Perfect Nannyis a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, motherhood, and madnessand the American debut of an immensely talented writer.The #1 international bestseller and winner of France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, by the author ofAdele

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Art:
eBook
Sprache:
englisch
ISBN:
9780525503897
Erschienen:
Januar 2018
Verlag:
Penguin Publishing Group
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