A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer

4 hours, 6 minutes first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

In A Girl's Story, Annie Ernaux revisits a night fifty years earlier when she found herself submerged and controlled by another person's desire and willpower. It was the summer of 1958, the year she turned eighteen, and the man she had given herse...

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Moods

reflective 91%
emotional 68%
challenging 27%
sad 22%
inspiring 19%
dark 18%
informative 10%
hopeful 9%
tense 9%
adventurous 3%
relaxing 3%
mysterious 2%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 43%
slow 39%
fast 16%

Average rating

3.93

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