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A Woman's Story

Portrait of Annie ErnauxAnnie Ernaux

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Annie Ernaux's short memoir of her mother, written after her death: a working-class woman from Normandy who ran a café-grocery, and the daughter whose education carried her away from that world. First published in French as "Une femme" in 1987.

GenreMemoir & letters· first published 1987

Vivek’s Notes

From the bibliography of a 21st-century Nobel laureate in literature, alongside "Simple Passion" and "Getting Lost".

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