{"product_id":"a-woman-s-battles-and-transformations","title":"A Woman’s Battles and Transformations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA counterpoint to \u003cem\u003eWho Killed My Father\u003c\/em\u003e — a tender, radically personal-political account of Édouard Louis's mother's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eÉdouard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 oppression to start a new life in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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' \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A tenderness of observation' \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Incandescent... Louis's most hopeful book to date' \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Tash Aw\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45691541192940,"sku":"9781529115574","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529115574.jpg?v=1725546081","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-woman-s-battles-and-transformations","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}