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Huisman, Violaine, 1979-

The book of mother : a novel / Violaine Huisman ; translated from the French by Leslie Camhi. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - 213 pages ; 22 cm

"Originally published in France in 2018 by Éditions Gallimard as Fugitive parce que reine"--Title page verso.

Beautiful and charismatic, Catherine, a.k.a. "Maman," smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly. During a joyful and chaotic childhood in Paris, her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way. But when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive.


In English, translated from the French.

ISBN: 1982108789 9781982108786 9780349012322 0349012326

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Mental health--Fiction.
Manic-depressive persons--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Women.
FICTION / Family Life / General.
Manic-depressive persons.
Mental health.
Mothers and daughters.
Sisters.

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

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bildungsromans.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Bildungsromans.

LC Class. No.: PQ2708.U37 / F8413 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 843/.92