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.
1982108789 9781982108786 9780349012322 0349012326
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.