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Author: Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie
Author Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie
Narrator Tavia Gilbert
Duration 2h 9m
Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to m...
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Author: Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie
Author Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie
Narrator Tavia Gilbert
Duration 1h 56m
This extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter's attachment to her mother—and of both women's strength and resiliency—recounts Annie's attempt to first help her mother recover from Alzheimer's disease and, then, when that proves futile, bear witness to the older woman's gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter losing a bel...
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