The Pleasing Hour

ISBN: 0871137542

Author: King, Lily

Condition: New

Fleeing a devastating personal loss, a young American woman heads to Paris to work as an au pair and finds both trouble and salvation within the Tivot family. A first novel. 35,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

• The First Novel From A New Literary Voice Brimming With Sensitivity And Lyricism. | "The themes are rampant - suicide, surrogate motherhood, bullfighting, the priesthood, homosexuality, Spain, WW II occupation, abandonment, teenage pregnancy, adultery, old age. | Every Chapter Is An Adventure!