A Woman's Story (new Revised Edition)

About This Novel

"A Woman's Story" is Anne Ernault's touching account of mothers and daughters, youth and aging, dreams and reality. After her mother dies of Alzheimer's disease, the author embarks on a daunting journey back in time as she attempts to capture the real woman, the woman who existed independently of her daughter, the woman who was born in a small town in Normandy and died in a geriatric ward in a hospital on the outskirts of Paris. She explores the bond between mother and daughter that is both fragile and unshakable, the alienating world that separates them, and the inescapable fact that we must lose the ones we love. In this quietly powerful tribute, Ernault wanted to do her mother the utmost justice: to portray her as herself. As the author said: "Now I write about my mother as if it was my turn to give birth to my mother again."

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