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Daughters of the House
Daughters of the House: A Novel | Michèle Roberts
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A Booker Prize Finalist, Daughters of the House is Michèle Roberts' acclaimed novel of secrets and lies revealed in the aftermath of World War II. Thérèse and Léonie, French and English cousins of the same age, grow up together in Normandy. Intrigued by parents' and servants' guilty silences and the broken shrine they find in the woods, the girls weave their own elaborate fantasies, unwittingly revealing the village secret and a deep shame that will haunt them in their adult lives.
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Shortlisted for the Booker in 1992, Daughters of the House is rich with family secrets, sibling rivalry, and mysterious visions that may - or may not - be saints. At yesterday's event, Michele signed my copy!

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First on my list of Michele Roberts reading, in anticipation of interviewing her for WhitLit, the Whitstable Literary Festival.

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