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Publishers Weekly Best Books in Fiction 2018

The sensational US debut of a major French writer—an intense, delicious meringue of a novella

In a large country house shut off from the world by a gated garden, three young governesses responsible for the education of a group of little boys are preparing a party. The governesses, however, seem to spend more time running around in a state of frenzied desire than attending to the children’s education. One of their main activities is lying in wait fo...