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'A profoundly confronting novel which consumed me whole... tender, astonishing and unflinching'<BR>Lucy Rose, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Lamb<BR><BR>I remember everything that happened in those three minutes at the beginning of the evening, him and me in the kitchen. That, and what happened at the end: the knife, and what I did with it.<BR><BR>Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in England with Andrew. Andrew, whose parents lived in South Kensington but had a flat their son could 'borrow' nearby. Andrew, an old-fashioned British gentleman, who encourages her not to work but to instead focus on her writing. Andrew who suggests a dinner party with his colleagues to celebrate their big upcoming launch. A dinner party that Franca must plan and shop and cook and clean for. A dinner party during a heatwave, when the fridge breaks, alcohol replaces water and an unexpected guest joins their ranks. A dinner party where everything she once was and everything she now is comes together and she feels like she might implode.

Untertitel
'Tender, astonishing and unflinching' (Lucy Rose)

H | B | T | Gramm
195 mm | 128 mm | 25 mm | 226 gr

Erscheinungsjahr
2026

FSK
0

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Taschenbuch

Verlag
Headline

ISBN-10
1035429888

Autor
Viola van de Sandt

Sprache
Englisch

Seitenanzahl
320

Themen
Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Sexueller Missbrauch und Belästigung

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