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A New York Times Editors Choice

An insightful look at a young womans search for meaning independence and belonging in the face of a consuming relationship

Frances is an English graduate student bruised by a messy breakup On the spur of the moment she decides to volunteer at a farm in rural France with the hope that the change of scenery will help clear her head The farm curiously named Noa Noa is owned by Paul an appealing enigmatic Frenchman Frances is charmed by his easygoing ways and by the area itself both welcome changes from the life she has known Yet the more time she spends in Pauls world the more unmoored she begins to feel It isnt long before murmurings about Paul begin to surface and she realizes how illequipped she is for the emotional battle of wills that is smoldering around her one that threatens to silence and engulf her

In Paul Daisy Lafarge has written a perceptive exploration of the power dynamics between men and women told in a fresh and exciting new voice