The caretakers : a novel / Amanda Bestor-Siegal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bestor-Siegal, Amanda, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Fiction.

Women.

Au pairs--Fiction.

Au pairs.

Children--Death--Fiction.

Children.

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

Social classes--Fiction.

Social classes.

Child care--Fiction.

Child care.

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Americans--France--Paris--Fiction.

Americans.

Children--Death.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

337 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022

Summary:

Set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, an emotionally riveting debut told from the point of view of six women, and centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after a sudden and suspicious tragedy strikes her host family--a dramatic exploration of identity, class, and caregiving from a profoundly talented new writer.

In 2015 Paris, a young au pair is arrested after the sudden death of her young charge and finds herself caught in the middle of turbulent dynamics of her host family's household, in this novel told from six women's point of view--all of whom know the truth.

2015 Paris. Alena, an American au pair, is arrested after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes Alena is to blame. The truth lies with six women: it lies in the secrets they keep, the pressures they bear. Their miscommunication and misunderstandings that can have fatal consequences.-- adapted from jacket

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780063138186

0063138182

OCLC:

1308979266