Incredibly sad diary from her mother's last years.
My mother's neigbour is in tears... I offer her a chocolate but she shakes her head, raising her ugly, puffed face. It breaks my heart. So does the following scene: as I bend forward to check the safety catch of my mother's wheelchair, she leans over and kisses my hair. How can I survive that kiss, such love, my mother, my mother
pickErnaux mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer. This is the last years of her mother‘s at a home. After visiting her mother, Ernaux would write down a few sentences in loose papers. Those papers have turned into this slim book of 100p. And it‘s so powerful and makes you think about old age.
5th book for #MarvellousMarch and #MarchMadness @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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I might have gone overboard at the #Brooklynbookfestival. #Bkbf
I Remain in Darkness | 
