PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Sanae Lemoine was born in Paris to a Japanese mother and French father and raised in France and Australia. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MFA at Columbia University. She now lives in New York.
An unusual and accomplished first novel . . . moves in intriguing leaps and twists. - Economist Subtle, beautiful, serious. - Karen Russell A stunning debut, simmering with tension and sensuality. This jewel of a novel examines the in-between spaces in life. . . . A mesmerizing story by an important new voice. - Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me Gorgeous . . . very French. . . in lush, lyrical prose that perfectly captures the heightened emotion and confusion of being a young woman with a bruised heart and limited experience . . . It asks the ultimate question about this most complicated of relationships: What will a mother do for her child? - Sarah Lyall, The New York Another coming-of-age tale... about the lasting effects of deceit and betrayal. - Herald
