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Author Bestor-Siegal, Amanda, author.

Title The caretakers : a novel / Amanda Bestor-Siegal.

Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
©2022.

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Location Call No. Status
 Levine Library - Leisure  PS3602.E794 C37 2022    Available
Edition First edition.
Description 337 pages ; 24 cm
Summary Set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, an emotionally riveting debut told from the point of view of six women, and centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after a sudden and suspicious tragedy strikes her host family--a dramatic exploration of identity, class, and caregiving from a profoundly talented new writer.
In 2015 Paris, a young au pair is arrested after the sudden death of her young charge and finds herself caught in the middle of turbulent dynamics of her host family's household, in this novel told from six women's point of view--all of whom know the truth.
Subject Women -- Fiction.
Au pairs -- Fiction.
Children -- Death -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Child care -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Mystery fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
ISBN 9780063138186 (hardcover)
0063138182 (hardcover)
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