num_pages: 317
description: Instruments of Darkness is the story of Nada, a divorced American writer who begins to come to terms with her past through research of another woman's life. Barbe Durand, a courageous young French maidservant from the 1700s, is the woman Nada is researching. Setting out to give Barbe's story life, Nada ends up sharing her own life story, one of an alcoholic father and mentally unstable mother. Beautifully written, this novel will inspire you to accept life's hardships.
language: English
title: Instruments of Darkness
titlecomplete: Instruments of Darkness
genres: France, Fiction, Canada, Roman
ratings_count: 325
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Prix du Livre Inter, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle Québec
publisher: Little, Brown and Co