Loyalties

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Pub Date 10 Jan 2019 | Archive Date 14 Jan 2019

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Description

From the bestselling French novelist. Adults are as lost as the children they should be protecting, in this compelling exploration of the destructive secrets and loyalties that are kept behind closed doors

Thirteen-year-old Théo and his friend Mathis secretly drink on an almost daily basis.

Their teacher, Hélène, suspects something is not right with Théo and becomes obsessed with rescuing him, casting aside her professionalism to the point of no return. Cécile, mother of Mathis, discovers something horrifying on her husband’s computer that makes her question whether she has ever truly known him.

Respectable facades are peeled away as the four stories wind tighter and tighter together, pulling into a lean and darkly gripping novel of loneliness, lies and loyalties.

From the bestselling French novelist. Adults are as lost as the children they should be protecting, in this compelling exploration of the destructive secrets and loyalties that are kept behind closed...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781526601988
PRICE £12.99 (GBP)

Average rating from 19 members


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The blurb intrigues but I found this disjointed and a rather superficial approach to some important topics. The writing, too, felt stilted - it feels like a translation that never quite settles into a natural rhythm. Two pre-teen boys troubled enough to be drinking excessively, an anxious schoolteacher watching them, one of their mothers discovering a horrible secret life of her husband - I wanted to delve deeper, especially in the last story but this is written in platitudes rather than with insight. And then it ends. Abruptly.

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