The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Florence Noiville's short novel, The Gift, now coming out in English from Northwestern University Press.
(It was amusing reading this after coming across so many recent French-mothering discussions recently -- e.g. Jennifer Szalai on Mother Natures: On Elisabeth Badinter in The Nation. As if Irène Némirovsky hadn't offered enough examples, here is yet another book suggesting French moms -- three generations' worth, here -- are far from having it all together .....)
(It was amusing reading this after coming across so many recent French-mothering discussions recently -- e.g. Jennifer Szalai on Mother Natures: On Elisabeth Badinter in The Nation. As if Irène Némirovsky hadn't offered enough examples, here is yet another book suggesting French moms -- three generations' worth, here -- are far from having it all together .....)