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Narrator
Tavia Gilbert
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Length
1 hour 54 minutes
Language
English
Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Annie Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to “capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris.” She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones we love. In this quietly powerful tribute, Ernaux attempts to do her mother the greatest justice she can: to portray her as the individual she was. She writes “I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world.”
Annie Ernaux is an award-winning, bestselling French author who began her career writing fiction and later turned to autobiographies. Her novels have won many notable awards and recognitions, including the 2008 Marguerite Duras Prize, three New York Times Notable Books, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998. She is one of the seven founding members of Seven Stories Press.
Tanya Leslie is an experienced translator who often works with award-winning author Annie Ernaux.
Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed producer, narrator, writer, and stage and film actor. An Audie and Earphones award winner, she has been nominated for nearly every possible award and has been named an Audiobook Narrator of the Year by Booklist Magazine. Part of the Grammy-nominated full-cast recording of Charlotte’s Web, she has narrated more than 700 solo, multi-cast, and full-cast titles.