Garonne

A novel about hope, determination and the quest for happiness, both touching and amusingGaronne did not count on getting old. She had a string of jobs in foreign countries, short missions that paid little and were never declared for taxes. As she closes in on age 50, her life feels more and more difficult and precarious. When she is offered a job in a placement office for au pairs, Garonne accepts willingly. This is one opportunity she cannot let pass by. Despite the inevitable problems that arise, capricious au pair candidates, worried parents and one girl, Rose, who was placed in Ireland and not heard from since, Garonne perseveres...