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Edmee seems to lack nothing: she has an adoring husband, two children and lives in California. However, all is not as it seems. This novel follows Edmee through the serio-comic adventures that ensue when she deserts her husband and heads for Hollywood, believing herself to be on a holy mission.

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Choice of the Elect Literature in Translation

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    A Hardback by Jean Giraudoux, Henry Russell

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 6/30/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810119246, 978-0810119246
      ISBN10: 0810119242

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      Book Synopsis
      Edmee seems to lack nothing: she has an adoring husband, two children and lives in California. However, all is not as it seems. This novel follows Edmee through the serio-comic adventures that ensue when she deserts her husband and heads for Hollywood, believing herself to be on a holy mission.

      Trade Review
      I am devoted to Giraudoux's writing in the way that some people are Gaullists or vegetarians. - Mavis Gallant, New York Times Book Review

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