by Lily King · Virago · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860497803
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«The Pleasing Hour» is the novel by Lily King, published by Virago in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Rosie, a young American who has given her newborn baby to her infertile sister, flees to Paris and becomes an au pair on a houseboat. The Tivot family takes her in with reservations: Nicole is beautiful and inaccessible, Marc adores her, and the children Guillaume, Odile and Lola carry their own crises. A trip to Spain alters the family dynamic.
It is Lily King's first novel, published in 2000.
A read for those seeking contemporary literary fiction with complex characters and a French atmosphere.
