First Scribner hardcover edition.

213 pages ; 22 cm

"Originally published in France in 2018 by Éditions Gallimard as Fugitive parce que reine."--Title page verso.

Beautiful and charismatic, Catherine, a.k.a. "Maman," smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly. During a joyful and chaotic childhood in Paris, her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way. But when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive.

Translated from the French.

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.

Mental health -- Fiction.

People with bipolar disorder -- Fiction.

Sisters -- Fiction.

Paris (France) -- Fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Camhi, Leslie,

Fugitive parce que reine. English

9781982108786 (hardcover)

1982108789 (hardcover)