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The caretakers : a novel / Amanda Bestor-Siegal.

Summary:
Paris, 2015. A crowd gathers outside the Chauvet home in the affluent suburban community of Maisons-Larue, watching as the family's American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes the caretaker is to blame, and the neighborhood is thrown into chaos, unsure who is at fault - the enigmatic young foreigner or the mother herself, who has never seemed an active participant in the lives of her children. The truth lies with six women: Geraldine, a heartbroken French teacher struggling to support her vulnerable young students; Lou, an incompetent au pair who was recently fired by the family next door; Charlotte, a chilly socialite and reluctant mother; Nathalie, an isolated French teenager desperate for her mother's attention; Holly, a socially anxious au pair yearning to belong in her adopted country; and, finally, Alena, the one accused of the crime, who has gone to great lengths to avoid emotional connection and now finds herself caught in the turbulent power dynamics of her host family's household.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063138186
  • ISBN: 0063138182
  • Physical Description: 337 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Subject: Women > Fiction.
Au pairs > Fiction.
Children > Death > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Tragedy > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Fiction.
Genre: Novels.

Available copies

  • 33 of 33 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 33 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION BESTOR (Text) 50686016170933 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F BES (Text) 33240004954908 Adult Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library BES (Text) 33249024512257 Fiction Available -
Collinsville Community Library Adults BES Fiction (Text) 34259000553240 Adult Area Available -
Coplay Public Library FIC BES (Text) 31961000273454 Adult Fiction Available -
Degenstein Community Library FIC BESTOR-SIEGAL (Text) 35031301219190 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults BES Fiction (Text) 34001001413747 Adult Area Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC BESTOR-SIEGEL (Text) 61000100090451 Adult Fiction Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library FIC Bestor-Siegal (Text) 32102000892402 ECAM Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library BES (Text) 33249025330295 Fiction Available -


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