About the Book: The Pleasing Hour
'The Pleasing Hour, the debut novel by Lily King, is a profoundly moving story
of family, betrayal and the naivety of youth.
Young, inexperienced and fleeing a terrible personal loss, Rosie travels to
France to become an au pair to the Tivot family. Nicole, the cool, distant and
beautifully polished mother of the three children she cares for is impossible to
connect with-there is something about the woman that both fascinates and
unnerves Rosie.
The same is true of the rest of the Tivot clan. Nicoles husband, Marc, and
their children all seem to be caught in