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The caretakers : a novel

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: Géraldine, 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. Set during the weeks leading up to the event, The Caretakers is a poignant and suspenseful drama featuring complicated women. It's a sensitive exploration of the weight of secrets, the pressures of country, community, and family--and miscommunications and misunderstandings that can have fatal consequences

Record details

  • ISBN: 0063211424
  • ISBN: 9780063211421
  • Physical Description: 550 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Subject: Sudden death in children Fiction
Child care Fiction
Au pairs Fiction
Mothers Fiction
Paris (France) Fiction
Women Fiction
Children Death Fiction
Large type books
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Collinsville Community Library Adults BES Large Print (Text) 34259000552564 Adult Area Available -
Glatfelter Memorial Library Adults BES Large Print (Text) 34216001011065 Adult Area Available -
Littlestown Library LP FIC BESTOR-SIEGAL AMANDA (Text) 35740635892136 Large Print Fiction Available -


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