Happening by Annie Ernaux

Happening

Annie Ernaux with Tavia Gilbert (Narrator), Tanya Leslie (Translator)

1 hour, 59 minutes first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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In 1963, Annie Ernaux, twenty-three 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 the child. In a France whe...

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Moods

reflective 77%
emotional 72%
dark 47%
challenging 37%
sad 36%
informative 30%
tense 29%
inspiring 11%
hopeful 4%

Pace

fast 56%
medium 35%
slow 7%

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4.36

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