num_pages: 212
description: At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her mother, but also shedding her inherited tendency toward melancholy. Once settled in a small Paris hotel, Emma befriends Françoise Desnoyers, a vibrant young woman who offers Emma a glimpse into a turbulent life so different from her own. In this exquisite new novel of self-discovery, Booker Prize-winner Anita Brookner addresses one of the great dramas of our lives: growing up and leaving home.
language: English
title: Leaving Home
titlecomplete: Leaving Home
genres: 20th Century, 21st Century, Literary Fiction, Womens, Novels, Literature, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary, France
ratings_count: 731
publisher: Vintage