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      Sans Moi

      by Marie Desplechin
      Published
      Apr 2002
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      224
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      The narrator of Sans Moi is a working single mother struggling to bring up her two young children. Olivia is a recovering drug addict and onetime prostitute who desperately needs a job. When Olivia—on the face of it a highly unsuitable babysitter—moves in, trailing her chaotic past behind her, their lives collide with unexpected results. In the year they live together, companionship, intimacy, and humor create a friendship full of vitality and mutual respect—as well as something of a family life. Marie Desplechin details this emotional terrain with delicate grace and irony. At once desperate and hopeful, Sans Moi explores the nature of friendship and the complicated dynamics of learning how to love and be loved.

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      First Edition Apr 2002 Picador ISBN13 9780312284176 ISBN10 0312284179
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      Apr 2000 Granta Books (UK) ISBN13 9781862072985 ISBN10 1862072981
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      Feb 2001 Thomas Dunne ISBN13 9780312272142 ISBN10 0312272146
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