The Woman Who Waited

The Woman Who Waited
AuthorAndreï Makine
Original titleLa femme qui attendait
TranslatorGeoffrey Strachan
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions du Seuil
Publication date
1 January 2004
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1 March 2006
Pages216
ISBN9782020637435

The Woman Who Waited (French: La femme qui attendait) is a 2004 novel by the French writer Andreï Makine. It is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a 26-year-old man who falls in love with a woman who still is faithful to her fiancé who went missing in World War II.