‘Come on, children. Time to take a bath.’
About the Author
Leïla Slimani is the twelfth woman to win the Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary prize. Her first novel, The Ogre’s Garden, won the Prix La Mamounia. Slimani is a French–Moroccan journalist and frequent commentator on women’s and human rights. She lives in Paris with her husband and two young children.
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