A Woman¿s Battles and Transformations av Édouard Louis

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<p><b>¿ouard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>One day, ¿ouard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago: a happy young woman, full of hopes and dreams. But growing up, ¿ouard only knew his mother''s sadness - what happened in those years since the photo was taken? Then, at the age of forty-five, ¿ouard''s mother frees herself from this life of oppression, to start a new one in Paris.<br><br><i>A Woman''s Battles and Transformations</i> reckons with the cruel systems that govern our lives - and with the possibility of escape. It is a tender portrait of a mother, and an honouring of her self-discovery as she chooses to live on her own terms.<br><br><br>''Tash Aw''s sensitive translation captures the vividness of Louis''s voice... Movingly, the book demonstrates the pain that moving from one social class to another entails'' <b><i>Times Literary Supplement </i></b><br><br>''A tenderness of observation'' <b