Showing results by author "Claire Messud" in Family Life

June 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, devoted husband and father, currently posted as naval attache in Salonica - bids farewell to his beloved wife, aunt and children, placing his faith in God that they will be reunited after the war. But escaping the violence of that cataclysm is not the same as emerging unscathed. The family will never again be whole.

Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book, 2007.
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2006.
Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s.

Originally published in 1994, When the World Was Steady is award-winning author Claire Messud's first novel.