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Leaving Home

by Anita Brookner · 2005

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At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her mother, but also shedding her inherited tendency toward melancholy. Once settled in a small Paris hotel, Emma befriends Fran?oise Desnoyers, a vibrant young woman who offers Emma a glimpse into a turbulent life so different from her own. In this exquisite new novel of self-discovery, Booker Prize-winner Anita Brookner addresses one of the great dramas of our lives: growing up and leaving home.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 212 pages

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