Civilisation Française -- Mary Fleming, Paperback

When recent college graduate Lily Owens enrolls in the Civilisation Fran?aise course at the Sorbonne in 1982, she hopes to put a difficult childhood behind her and to find direction for her future. She moves into a mansion on the place des Vosges where her job is to help the housekeeper, Germaine, care for the elderly, half-blind Amenia Quinon, another ex-pat American. The three women live alone in this old house of silence and secrets, mostly revolving in their own worlds. When Lily extends an invitation to a friend, all of their lives are upended. Moving, sometimes humorous and always engrossing, Civilisation Fran?aise is a powerful story about facing our past, discovering a future, and the meaning of home.

Author: Mary Fleming
Publisher: Heliotrope Books LLC
Published: 07/16/2024
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781956474503

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 06/10/2024