A Cage in Search of a Bird

Now in paperback, A Cage in Search of a Bird is the gripping story of two women caught in the vise of a terrible delusion.

Laura Wilmote is a television journalist living in Paris. Her life couldnt be bettera stimulating job, a loving boyfriend, interesting friendsuntil her phone rings in the middle of one night. It is C., an old school friend whom Laura recently helped find a job at the same television station: My phone rang. I knew right away it was you.

Thus begins the story of C.s unrelenting, obsessive, incurable love/hatred of Laura. She is convinced that Laura shares her love, but cannotor will notadmit it. C. begins to dress as Laura, to make her friends and family her own, and even succeeds in working alongside Laura on the unique program that is Lauras signature achievement. The obsession escalates, yet is artfully hidden. It is Laura who is perceived as the aggressor at work, Laura who appears unwell, Laura who is losing it. Even Lauras adoring boyfriend begins to question her. Laura seeks the counsel of a psychiatrist who diagnoses C. with De Clérambault syndromeshe is convinced that Laura is in love with her. And worse, the syndrome can only end in one of two ways: the death of the patient, or that of the object of the obsession.

A Cage in Search of a Bird is the gripping story of two women caught in the vise of a terrible delusion. Florence Noiville brilliantly narrates this story of obsession and one womans attempts to escape the irrational love of anotheran inescapable, never-ending love, a love that can only end badly. See more