| Leaving Home Contributor(s): Brookner, Anita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400095654 ISBN-13: 9781400095650 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: In her exquisite new novel, Brookner deals with one of the great dramas of one's life: growing up and leaving home. At 26, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture out into the wider world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007272976 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.24" W x 8.02" (0.52 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Family - Topical - Friendship |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her mother, but also shedding her inherited tendency toward melancholy. Once settled in a small Paris hotel, Emma befriends Fran oise Desnoyers, a vibrant young woman who offers Emma a glimpse into a turbulent life so different from her own.
In this exquisite new novel of self-discovery, Booker Prize-winner Anita Brookner addresses one of the great dramas of our lives: growing up and leaving home. |