{"product_id":"a-womans-battles-and-transformations-9781250872159","title":"A Woman's Battles and Transformations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of the author's mother by the acclaimed writer of the international bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day, Édouard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago. A picture of a happy young woman full of hopes and dreams. Growing up, Édouard knew only his mother's sadness, as she found herself trapped in the humdrum life of a housewife, and her struggles against the dominant world of men. What happened in those years since the photo was taken? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, at the age of forty-five, his mother frees herself from this oppression. She leaves her husband and her old life behind to start anew in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e is Édouard Louis's most tender book yet. It reckons with the cruel systems that govern our lives, with politics and power--and with the possibility of escape. It is an exquisite and loving portrait of a mother, and an honoring of her self-discovery and liberation as she chooses to live on her own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Louis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWho Killed My Father\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into thirty languages and have made him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTash Aw\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and was brought up in Malaysia. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWe, the Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMap of the Invisible World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFive Star Billionaire\u003c\/i\u003e, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize; as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Face: Strangers on a Pier\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635038884114,"sku":"9781250872159","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_047bbb44-3778-408e-8322-79849011d64a.jpg?v=1732829873","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-womans-battles-and-transformations-9781250872159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}