by Nell Leyshon · 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264064530
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«La couleur du lait» is the novel by Nell Leyshon, published by 10/18 in paperback (186 pages, in French).
In 1831, in the Dorset countryside, Mary, a poor fifteen-year-old girl, is sent to the home of Pastor Graham to serve and keep his wife company. From her she learns kindness; from him, reading and writing, but also obedience and humiliation. That learning leads her to write the story of her fate and her confession.
Original title in English: The Colour of Milk, published in 2012; this French edition is translated by Karine Lalechère. It won the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2013.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction with a command of French; also for book clubs.
Nell Leyshon is a British novelist and award-winning dramatist. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Alpine Fellowship and as the Deputy Chair of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She previously served on the Management Committee for the Society of Authors. She is best known for her novel The Colour of Milk, which was translated into multiple languages and has gained international recognition, winning the Prix Interallié in France where it was also shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and voted the book of the year in Spain.
