Breaking Away

Product Description

On the car journey to a family wedding, Garance reflects on how adult life, with its disappointments and responsibilities, has not always gone to plan for herself or her three siblings. But just around the corner lies the chance for them to revisit their younger, carefree selves in a delightfully unplanned escapade.

Review

Fantastic visual portraits' Independent 'It's like Ferris Bueller's Day Off played out in the French sticks' Independent 'Gavalda's talent for writing and her gift for dialogue make reading her work a delight' World Literature Today 'Gavalda sees through ordinary appearances to people's hidden longings - A gifted literary stylist.' Vogue ‘Witty … startlingly contemporary’ (4 stars) Book Diva ‘Anna Gavalda has written a story about a topic that troubles a lot of people who see people around them settling down, but aren’t really ready for that yet.’ Librarian Lavander blog The 5th Bestselling French Novel of 2010

About the Author

Anna Gavalda is one of the most acclaimed authors writing in French today. Her books are published in over thirty languages and and include: Hunting and Gathering, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere and Consolation