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Lullaby / Leïla Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Faber & Faber, 2018.Description: 207 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780571337538 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 843.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PQ2719.L56 L8 2018
Summary: When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker 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 apartment in Paris's upscale 10th arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties. The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other. But as jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, Myriam and Paul's idyllic tableau is shattered.
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F SLI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R15937M0499

When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker 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 apartment in Paris's upscale 10th arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties. The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other. But as jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, Myriam and Paul's idyllic tableau is shattered.

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