Bonjour Tristesse：A Novel

Endearing,self-absorbed,seventeen-year-oldCecileistheveryessenceofuntroubledamorality.Freedfromthestiflingconstraintsofboardingschool,shejoinsherfather--ahandsome,still-youngwidowerwithawanderingeye--foracarefree,two-monthsummervacationinabeautifulvillaoutsideofPariswithhislatestmistress,Elsa.Cecilecherishesthefree-spiritedmomentssheandherfathershare,whileplottingherownsexualadventureswithatallandalmostbeautifullawstudent.Butthearrivalofherlatemother'sbestfriend,Anne,intrudesuponayounggirl'spleasures.Andwhenarelationshipbeginstodevelopbetweentheadults,Cecileandherloversetinmotionaplantokeepthemapart...withtragic,unexpectedconsequences.Theinternationallybelovedstoryofaprecociousteenager'sattemptstounderstandandcontroltheworldaroundher,FrancoiseSagan'sBonjourTristesseisabeautifullycomposed,wonderfullyambiguouscelebrationofsexualliberation,atoncesympatheticandpowerfullyunsparing.