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The Perfect Nanny : A Novel Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: [New York] : Penguin Books, 2019Copyright date: ♭2018Description: 253 pages, 16 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525506102
  • 0525506101
Uniform titles:
  • Slimani, Lel̐a, English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 843/.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PQ2719.L56 C4313 2018
Summary: "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 familys chic apartment in Pariss 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" -- Provided by publisher.
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ncludes excerpt from Adl̈e.

"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 familys chic apartment in Pariss 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" -- Provided by publisher.

Translated from the French.

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