“Louise is a soldier. She keeps going, come what may, like a mule, like a dog with its legs broken by cruel children.”
The nanny is perfect, she is hardworking, caring, efficient, the kids love her. So she becomes more and more part of the family life, she goes on holiday with them, she stays longer and longer, she sleeps on the sofa. But inside the nanny is lonely, poor, she has been mistreated by her husband for years, her daughter left, she doesn't have enough money, she doesn't have a real life.
A novel that talks about the struggles of modern parents to balance between family and work, the guilt of mothers, the trusting a stranger to be with your kids.
And one day she just kills the two little people she has so lovely cared for up until the day before...
A tragic, scary, sad story, absolutely captivating. I'd recommend it! It's not a thriller, or a crime book, is the story of the personality of the nanny that has become an assassin.
Overall rating: 7 Plot: 7,5 Writing style: 7 Cover: 7,5
Title: Lullaby
Author: Leila Slimani
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages: 224
Publication year: 2018
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages: 224
Publication year: 2018
The Plot:
When Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau.
The Author:
Leïla Slimani is a French writer and journalist of Moroccan ancestry. In 2016 she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.
Slimani was born in Rabat, Morocco and studied later political science and media studies in Paris. After that she temporarily considered a career as an actress and began to work as a journalist for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 2014 she published her first novel Dans le jardin de l’ogre, which two years later was followed by the psychological thriller Chanson douce. The latter quickly turned into a bestseller with over 450,000 copies printed within a year even before the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt
Slimani was born in Rabat, Morocco and studied later political science and media studies in Paris. After that she temporarily considered a career as an actress and began to work as a journalist for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 2014 she published her first novel Dans le jardin de l’ogre, which two years later was followed by the psychological thriller Chanson douce. The latter quickly turned into a bestseller with over 450,000 copies printed within a year even before the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt
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