An "exquisite" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) and "wonderfully Parisian" (Leila Slimani, author of The Perfect Nanny) debut novel of intrigue and deception.

"Betrayal and desire fuel the story of Margot, the secret daughter of a twenty-year affair between a French politician and a famous actress... A startling, affecting first book by an author who is confident in her craft." -- The New York Times

Margot Louve has lived her whole life as a secret. The hidden daughter of a long-standing affair, she exists with her mother in the shadows, living in a small Parisian apartment on the Left Bank.

It is a house of cards that Margot -- fueled by a longing to be seen and heard -- decides to tumble. The summer of her seventeenth birthday, she meets a well-regarded journalist who will set her plan in motion.

But as Margot is drawn into an adult world she struggles to comprehend, she learns how one impulsive decision can shatter the lives of those around her in ways she could never have imagined. Incisively exposing the seams between private lives and public faces, The Margot Affair is a simmering exploration of desire, transgression, and the dangers of speaking the truth.

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• Publication Date: June 16, 2020
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• Print Length: 337 Pages
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