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The pleasing hour / a novel by Lily King.

King, Lily. (Author).

Summary:

The lyrical memoir of an American au pair girl in France. She is Rosie of New Hampshire who becomes a little too friendly with the man of the family and is banished to a village in Provence to care for an old aunt. But it is so pretty there and she is so appreciated "it does not feel like penitence."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0871137542
  • ISBN: 9780871137548
  • ISBN: 0743201647
  • ISBN: 9780743201643
  • Physical Description: 237 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [1999]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
910L Lexile
Subject:
Americans > France > Fiction.
Au pairs > France > Paris > Fiction.
Americans > France > Paris > Fiction.
France > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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