In 1963, Annie Ernaux , 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child. This is the story, written forty years later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame. Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions Author(s): Annie Ernaux Translator: Tanya Leslie Number of pages: 80 Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 113 x 198 x 8 Cover type: Paperback / softback