Attachment / Florence Noiville ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noiville, Florence, author.

Contributor:

Fagan, Teresa Lavender, translator.

Series:

French list

The French list

Standardized Title:

Attachment. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Attachment behavior.

Attachment behavior--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

123 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Seagull Books, 2015.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"When Anna discovers a long letter that her mother Marie wrote, Marie has been dead for some time, and Anna is shocked to learn that her mother disappeared with a secret. The letter is addressed to Marie's first great love, a much older teacher who she describes as a great dinosaur. In this gripping novel by Florence Noiville, we follow Anna as she tries to unravel the mystery of her mother's past. She takes her questions to her family and to her mother's friends: Did Marie send the letter? Was it received? Who was this man? Is he still alive? In a desperate search, she tries to piece together the clues. Attachment explores love and its obsession, observing both mother and daughter under its magnifying glass. Readers ultimately find Anna and Marie both seeking answers to the same question: What is there inside us that makes us become so attached to someone we never should have approached? The novel also questions the connection between love and writing, the tales that love inspires and the way in which we construct and own the story of our lives."--Book jacket.

Notes:

"First published as L'attachement by Florence Noiville, Editions Stock, 2012."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9780857422330

0857422332

OCLC:

891612663