Happening by Annie Ernaux

Happening

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

Happening

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

96 pages | first published 2000

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In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child.This is the story, writte...
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Moods

reflective 79%
emotional 68%
dark 48%
challenging 40%
sad 34%
informative 30%
tense 30%
inspiring 10%
hopeful 4%

Pace

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medium 34%
slow 8%

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