The Exile and the Mapmaker

Author: Musty, Emma

Publication Date:

June 2021

Pages:

304

Original language and publisher

English | Legend Press

Territories Handled

France, Netherlands, Scandinavia

Territories Sold

Audio (W. F. Howes)

Genre

Commercial Fiction

The Exile and the Mapmaker

Author: Musty, Emma

Synopsis

Theo, an aging Parisian cartographer, is desperately searching for the woman he once loved before Alzheimer’s takes his memories of her. Elise, his estranged daughter, moves in to take care of him. She still blames him for the tragic loss of her mother and is struggling with his new forced intimacy.

Nebay, an Eritrean refugee, becomes Theo’s carer and friend. Unbeknownst to Elise, Nebay does not have a visa for France and is working illegally in order to support his sister. Each one is living a life of questions and secrets in a world where Nebay’s very presence in the France of Theo’s maps is steeped in uncertainty.

Marketing Information

  • Longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award

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