{"product_id":"9781529115574-womans-battles-transformations","title":"A Woman’s Battles and Transformations","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, Édouard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago: a happy young woman, full of hopes and dreams. But growing up, Édouard only knew his mother's sadness - what happened in those years since the photo was taken? Then, at the age of forty-five, Édouard's mother frees herself from this life of oppression, to start a new one in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tenderness of observation' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Incandescent.Louis's most hopeful book to date' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Tash Aw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40892227584097,"sku":"9781529115574","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32347703.jpg?v=1737186122","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529115574-womans-battles-transformations","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}