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The Legend (Paperback)
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The Legend (Paperback)
Series: The French List
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List price R305
Loot Price R194
Discovery Miles 1 940
You Save R111 (36%)
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Now in paperback, Marie Bronsard's strikingly original memoir
reweaves the history of her family-and the legend of her
grandmother-leaving no stone unturned and no skeleton in the
closet. Egocentric and domineering, Bronsard's grandmother was once
a vibrant and sensual beauty. In Indochina at the end of the Second
World War, she thrived in the social life of the French colony, but
her young soldier husband sought a quieter existence, finding
solace in the companionship of their adolescent daughter,
Bronsard's mother. The consequences of this choice reverberate
throughout the family. But far from being an airing of grievance or
dirty laundry, Bronsard's memoir has the air of catharsis-here, the
pain, secrets, and comic moments of Bronsard's family are
remembered with gentle humor, understanding, and affection. A wry
irony tempers emotion, and it is in these pages that the author, at
last, finds it possible to name the woman of the legend and perhaps
bring her grandmother a measure of peace.
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