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One woman strives for perfection - it's an old story. This is Simone de Beauvoir's gripping version.

Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features all the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie- money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy whilst she's at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office.

But Laurence is a woman whose happiness was relegated long ago by the expectation of perfection. Relentlessly torn by the competing needs of her family, it is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence resists.

TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN
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Pages:

208

Published:

Apr 2025

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Vintage

ISBN:

9781784879907

One woman strives for perfection - it's an old story. This is Simone de Beauvoir's gripping version.

Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features all the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie- money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy whilst she's at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office.

But Laurence is a woman whose happiness was relegated long ago by the expectation of perfection. Relentlessly torn by the competing needs of her family, it is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence resists.

TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN
$38.00

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