Shame by Annie Ernaux

Shame

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator), Tavia Gilbert (Narrator)

2 hours, 19 minutes first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her ...

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Moods

reflective 94%
emotional 57%
dark 32%
sad 25%
tense 17%
challenging 15%
informative 8%
inspiring 8%
funny 4%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%

Pace

slow 34%
fast 34%
medium 30%

Average rating

3.65

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