A Woman's Battles and Transformations

By Édouard Louis

Long-listed for the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Barrios Book in Translation Prize

douard Louis's bracing and honest memoir of his mother's liberation--a "poetic, tender, joyous" account (The Guardian).

Late one night, douard Louis got a call from his forty-five-year-old mother: "I did it. I left your father." Suddenly, she was free.

A Woman's Battles and Transformations is the searing and sympathetic story of one woman's escape: of mothers and sons, of history and heartbreak, of politics and power. It reckons with the cruel systems that govern our lives--and with the possibility of escape. Sharp, short, and fine as a needle, it is a necessary addition to the work of douard Louis, "one of France's most widely read and internationally successful novelists" (The New York Times Magazine).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250449839
• ISBN13: 9781250449832
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.5"