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In Paris she moves in with the Tivots: the unassuming, shambling father, Marc; the glamorous and unforgiving mother, Nicole; the beautiful daughter, Odile; the merry daughter, Lola; the momma's boy, Guillaume. Rosie steps into the highly polarized atmosphere of the Tivot household, unconsciously upsetting its equilibrium by throwing in her lot with Marc and Lola. And when the family heads off to Spain for vacation, the power balance shifts palpably, since Rosie is the only one who speaks Spanish. Even Nicole grudgingly admires her. What's more, Rosie notices Marc regarding her with the "relentless curiosity he'd had in his eye since we landed in Spain." On Mallorca, the two consummate their relationship, and the betrayal forces her to see beyond her own worries to the entrenched pains and allegiances of her host family.
King cleverly iterates this message in her narrative. She occasionally, deliberately, allows each member of the Tivot family to voice the story, and this opening-up of the narrative allows the world to flow into a novel whose themes might otherwise seem petty. In the end, the author doesn't perpetrate the dull crime of youthful self-involvement--she comments on it. We care for Rosie from the start, but we like her a lot more as she comes alive to the people around her. --Claire Dederer
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Book Description Condition: Bueno. Rosie is a young pre-university student, who has fled her home in America where she has just delivered her own baby to her infertile sister. Now, in Paris, she seeks work as an au pair, and finds a post with a curious family aboard a houseboat. Nicole, the mother, is beautiful, brittle and elusive. Her husband, Marc, adoring but downtrodden. The three children all different in their own ways: 13 yr old Guillaume is the favourite, and wants to be a priest; Odile is struggling with conflicting sexual feelings; Lola needs love and affection. A complex, but absorbing family who initially tease Rosie for her inadequacies, but then come to accept and need her. On a trip to Spain, it is Rosie who takes charge, at last she is the one who is fluent in the language, the culture, the pace of the country. And with that comes new developments for Marc seems to want her more and more and Nicole proves to be a stifled and muddled woman, with a childhood torn apart by a love affair between her mother and a German officer. EAN: 9781860497803 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y ficción| Ficción contemporánea Título: The Pleasing HourAutor: Lily King Editorial: Virago; New edition (5 octubre 2000) Idioma: EN Páginas: 288 Formato: Tapa blanda Peso: 227 Año de publicación: 2000. Seller Inventory # Happ-2022-03-21-200493
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