The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More
The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More
I still remember the intense excitement I felt as a child when choosing books to buy with my pocket money – Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, Baroness Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel, Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons – and the joy of knowing that these precious books, clutched tightly in my hands, were… Read More
The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More
The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More
The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More
The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More
The Reading Room’s coverage of Suite Française has made much of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter, Denise. Denise recalls her evacuation from France, Denise was ordered to look after the suitcase, Denise found her mother’s valuable manuscript years later and Denise ensured the publication of Suite Française. But what became of Irene’s second daughter, Élisabeth?… Read More