Lioness
ABOUT
THE BOOK
From humble beginnings, Therese has let herself grow used to a life of luxury after marrying into an empire-building family. But when rumours of corruption gather around her husband’s latest development, the social opprobrium is shocking, the fallout swift, and Therese begins to look at her privileged and insular world with new eyes. In the flat below Therese, something else is brewing. Her neighbour Claire believes she’s discovered the secret to living with freedom and authenticity, freeing herself from the mundanity of domesticity. Therese finds herself enchanted by the lure of the permissive zone Claire creates in her apartment – a place of ecstatic release.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Lioness explores the relationship between privilege and inertia. It looks at class and the need to constantly accumulate. Therese, the main character, has a homeware shop in which taste becomes judgement. The novel explores philanthropy and how we use this to make up for privilege. Comfort makes change so much harder.