The Image of Her
Simone de Beauvoir author Lauren Elkin translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Publishing:1st May '25
£14.99
This title is due to be published on 1st May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
One woman strives for perfection - it's an old story. This is Simone de Beauvoir's gripping version.
Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features all the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie: money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy whilst she's at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office.
But Laurence is a woman whose happiness was relegated long ago by the expectation of perfection. Relentlessly torn by the competing needs of her family, it is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence resists.
TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN
ISBN: 9781784879907
Dimensions: 204mm x 132mm x 25mm
Weight: 500g
208 pages