A Woman's Story

I loved reading this book by Annie Ernaux more than the book A Man's Place, which she wrote about her father. Here she gives an account of her mother's life and the relationship she had with her mother. I felt that the author wrote this book more openly than the book she wrote about her father.......more

Mother, Mother She longed to learn the rules of good behaviour and was always worrying about social conventions, fearful of doing the wrong thing. She longed to know what was in fashion, what was new, the names of famous writers, the recent films on release – although she didn’t go to the cinema,......more

Annie Ernaux's mother had Alzheimer’s disease as did my Grammy and mother. My eldest sister and my brother currently suffer from Alzheimer’s. According to DNA tests I have at least one gene associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s. And my blood contains proteins that some studies suggest causes Alzh......more

A very short read in which the author describes the life of her mother. It starts with her mother’s birth in 1906 in France and tells of her childhood, teen years, marriage and then of course to her own birth and the mother/daughter relationship.. the love, the conflicts..the beauty..the exasperation......more

babamı kaybettim. onu yazarak hatırlamak sanırım hayatta en hoşuma giden şey şu an. ben babamı her gün aramazdım, her gün soracak bir şeyim olmazdı. çocuk doğurduğum günden başlayarak annem olmaya başladım. çocukken babamla evlenmek istemem, hayatta en çok ona düşkünlüğüm yavaş yavaş yok oldu. annem......more