Bibliograph

Loyalties, Delphine de Vigan ; translated from the French by George Miller

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Loyalties, Delphine de Vigan ; translated from the French by George Miller

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Loyalties

Responsibility statement

Delphine de Vigan ; translated from the French by George Miller

Summary

Thirteen-year-old Theo and his friend Mathis have a secret. Their teacher, Helene, suspects something is not right with Theo and becomes obsessed with rescuing him, casting aside her professionalism to the point of no return. Cecile, mother of Mathis, discovers something horrifying on her husband's computer that makes her question whether she has ever truly known him. Respectable facades are peeled away as the four stories wind tighter and tighter together, pulling into a lean and darkly gripping novel of loneliness, lies and loyalties

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