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ISBN10: 2709656728
ISBN13: 9782709656726
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Feb 21 2022
Pages: 466
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: French
ISBN13: 9782709656726
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Feb 21 2022
Pages: 466
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: French
BEFORE THE FUTURE
An engrossing childhood memoir in the vein of Joan Didion and Vivian Goodridge.
With this story of a little girl from the age of three in 1950 to her marriage in 1970, Geneviève Jurgensen becomes the archivist of her own childhood, a time long past but not forgotten and rich with stories.
Little Vève grows up in a family of four that is slowly becoming discordant: an elder sister who is almost gone, a father who works for the government overseas and who opens his family's eyes to the world, and especially a loving, preoccupied and unhappy mother who is determined to introduce her daughters to the beauty of culture.
Cherished, lost, self-assured and elusive, as a child Vève can only dream of her future freedom.
An engrossing childhood memoir in the vein of Joan Didion and Vivian Goodridge.
With this story of a little girl from the age of three in 1950 to her marriage in 1970, Geneviève Jurgensen becomes the archivist of her own childhood, a time long past but not forgotten and rich with stories.
Little Vève grows up in a family of four that is slowly becoming discordant: an elder sister who is almost gone, a father who works for the government overseas and who opens his family's eyes to the world, and especially a loving, preoccupied and unhappy mother who is determined to introduce her daughters to the beauty of culture.
Cherished, lost, self-assured and elusive, as a child Vève can only dream of her future freedom.
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