A Woman's Story

Synopsis

Winner of the 2022 nobel prize in literaturea new york times notable book"a deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality" (kirkus reviews)upon her mother’s death from alzheimer’s, ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of paris.