The Double Life Of Liliane

"Liliane’s double life begins when she is 8, in 1948, and boards a flight from New York to Rome to visit her father, Rudy, a German Jewish film producer. Liliane’s stylish, artistic mother, Irene, has recently remarried, to a Wall Street investment banker. Growing up, Liliane shuttles between her parents, and she works to construct her own identity as she watches, listens and explores generations of her parents’ families. To tell her story, Lily Tuck inhabits the spacious realm of the imagination, shifting time zones and historic periods effortlessly, weaving memories and photographs, family stories and facts, into a mesmerizing portrait."