{"product_id":"a-womans-battles-and-transformations-zdouard-louis-9781250449832","title":"A Woman's Battles and Transformations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Barrios Book in Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Louis's bracing and honest memoir of his mother's liberation--a \"poetic, tender, joyous\" account (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate one night, Édouard Louis got a call from his forty-five-year-old mother: \"I did it. I left your father.\" Suddenly, she was free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e is the searing and sympathetic story of one woman's escape: of mothers and sons, of history and heartbreak, of politics and power. It reckons with the cruel systems that govern our lives--and with the possibility of escape. Sharp, short, and fine as a needle, it is a necessary addition to the work of Édouard Louis, \"one of France's most widely read and internationally successful novelists\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Édouard Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250449839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250449832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Édouard Louis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241968709887,"sku":"9781250449832","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e197155-21f1-4c5d-a4f2-f224b8a05a35.jpg?v=1772656842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-womans-battles-and-transformations-zdouard-louis-9781250449832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}