The image of her
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-19862025
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Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features all the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie: money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy whilst she's at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office. But Laurence is a woman whose happiness was relegated long ago by the expectation of perfection. Relentlessly torn by the competing needs of her family, it is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence resists.
Main title:
The image of her / Simone de Beauvoir ; translated by Lauren Elkin.
Imprint:
London : Vintage Classics, 2025.London : Vintage Classics, 2025.
Collation:
208 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781784879907 (hbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
3031264