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Slimani, Leïla, 1981-

Lullaby / Leïla Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor. - London Faber & Faber 2018. - 224 pages ; 22 cm


"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. 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 dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau." --Publisher description.


Translated from French.

ISBN: 9780571337538 0571337538

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nannies--Fiction.
Motherhood--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Women lawyers--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Paris (France)--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PQ2719.L56 / L8513 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 843/.92