{"product_id":"womans-battles-transformations","title":"Womans Battles \u0026 Transformations","description":"\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57405602333054,"sku":"NW9781529115574","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529115574.jpg?v=1778684918","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/womans-battles-transformations","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}