A Woman's Battles and Transformations

By Édouard Louis

Book Overview

A Woman's Battles and Transformations is a portrait of the author's mother by the acclaimed writer of the international bestsellers The End of Eddy and History of Violence.

One day, ?douard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago. A picture of a happy young woman full of hopes and dreams. Growing up, ?douard knew only his mother's sadness, as she found herself trapped in the humdrum life of a housewife, and her struggles against the dominant world of men. What happened in those years since the photo was taken?

Then, at the age of forty-five, his mother frees herself from this oppression. She leaves her husband and her old life behind to start anew in Paris.

A Woman's Battles and Transformations is ?douard Louis's most tender book yet. It reckons with the cruel systems that govern our lives, with politics and power--and with the possibility of escape. It is an exquisite and loving portrait of a mother, and an honoring of her self-discovery and liberation as she chooses to live on her own terms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250872154
• ISBN13: 9781250872159
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.5" x 7.1"