A review by ehmannky
Happening by Annie Ernaux

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

An account of Ernaux's abortion in the 1960s in France (truly depressing that this is now relevant 60 years later in the U.S.). The description of abortion is really detailed and graphic, and you feel Ernaux's stress alongside her as she nearly dies after her abortion (which she still is grateful for). I felt like it sort of tapered off at the end, with no real finish, which I didn't love. I did like that she made her abortion as just this Thing that happened to her, and that the actual abortion itself wouldn't have been so rough if people around her would have just helped her get one cheaply and safely. Again, depressingly relevant.
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