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Also by Leila Slimani:

I'll Take the Fire, June 2026
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Watch Us Dance, June 2024
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Watch Us Dance, June 2023
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In the Country of Others, May 2022
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In the Country of Others, August 2021
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The Perfect Nanny, April 2019
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Ad?le, January 2019
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The Perfect Nanny, January 2018
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IN THE COUNTRY OF OTHERS
By: Leila Slimani

A Novel

Penguin Books
May 2022
On Sale: May 10, 2022
Featuring: Mathilde
320 pages
ISBN: 0143135988
EAN: 9780143135982
Kindle: B08W26KRVC
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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Women's Fiction Historical

After World War II, Mathilde leaves France for Morocco to be with her husband, whom she met while he was fighting for the French army. A spirited young woman, she now finds herself a farmer’s wife, her vitality sapped by the isolation, the harsh climate, and the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner. But she refuses to be subjugated or confined to her role as mother of a growing family. As tensions mount between the Moroccans and the French colonists, Mathilde’s fierce desire for autonomy parallels her adopted country’s fight for independence in this lush and transporting novel about race, resilience, and women’s empowerment.