The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman

A frank and moving story . . . an urgent plea for the elderly to be treated with more respect -- Helen Brown * Telegraph * Searingly honest . . . I found it compelling, hard to read and hard to put down -- Norma Clarke * Literary Review * Praise for Returning to Reims -- - * : * A deeply intelligent and searching book, one that makes you re-consider the narrative of your own life and reframe the story you tell yourself... Didier Eribon understands how deep the roots of inequality go -- Hilary Mantel Eribon offers up a magnificent example of an enlightened life liberated by theory, written in a style that deftly moves between the intimate, the social and the political -- Annie Ernaux Returning to Reims played a capital role in my life... I was overwhelmed by this book. I felt I was reading the story of my life -- Edouard Louis A brilliant little book...a touching memoir of sexual awakening, and a gallery of philosophical ideas and characters -- Steven Poole * Guardian * Eribon's memoir is fascinating: full of fretful honesty, battling with shame around his background and shame at being ashamed * The Times * This is a self-excoriating memoir... [Eribon] writes as someone who has scrubbed hard at the markings of destiny -- Marina Benjamin * New Statesman * A stunning book -- vital and important -- Andrew McMillan