Used book – Le Bal, Irène Némirovsky, Bertrand Louët

Antoinette has just turned fourteen; she dreams of attending the ball her parents, the Kampfs, are organizing to show off their recently acquired wealth. But her mother, more eager to finally enjoy this long-awaited opulence than to introduce her daughter to society, refuses to invite Antoinette to the ball. Antoinette's revenge, as terrible as it is unexpected, will fall like a guillotine, revealing everyone's true face. A dazzling and coming-of-age novel about childhood and its torments, Le Bal is one of the first books by Irène Némirovsky, who tragically died in deportation in 1942. Irène Némirovsky was awarded the 2004 Prix Renaudot for her posthumous work Suite française.