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03117aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 4EE0F43CBC8111ECBE6B8C6734ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220415010009 007 tb 008 211115t20222022nyu d 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0063211424 020 $a 9780063211421 035 $a (OCoLC)1286827940 040 $a TOH $b eng $e rda $c TOH $d ORX $d NZLEP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d PX0 $d OCLCO $d IDO $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3602.E88 $b C37 2022b 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Bestor-Siegal, Amanda, $e author. 245 14 $a The caretakers : $b a novel / $c Amanda Bestor-Siegal. 250 $a First Harper Large Print edition. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, $c [2022] 300 $a 550 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 520 $a Paris, 2015. A crowd gathers outside the Chauvet home in the affluent suburban community of Maisons-Larue, watching as the family's American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes the caretaker is to blame, and the neighborhood is thrown into chaos, unsure who is at fault--the enigmatic, young foreigner or the mother herself, who has never seemed an active participant in the lives of her children. The truth lies with six women: GÌraldine, a heartbroken French teacher struggling to support her vulnerable young students; Lou, an incompetent au pair who was recently fired by the family next door; Charlotte, a chilly socialite and reluctant mother; Nathalie, an isolated French teenager desperate for her mother's attention; Holly, a socially anxious au pair yearning to belong in her adopted country; and finally, Alena, the one accused of the crime, who has gone to great lengths to avoid emotional connection, and now finds herself caught in the turbulent power dynamics of her host family's household. Set during the weeks leading up to the event, The Caretakers is a poignant and suspenseful drama featuring complicated women. It's a sensitive exploration of the weight of secrets, the pressures of country, community, and family--and miscommunications and misunderstandings that can have fatal consequences 650 0 $a Sudden death in children $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Child care $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Au pairs $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Paris (France) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Children $x Death $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230418011017.0 952 $l KIPB845 $d 20230104014306.0 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20221206010749.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20220923010330.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20220802012202.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220708011256.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220415010049.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4EE0F43CBC8111ECBE6B8C6734ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search