A Girl's Story

The differences between this 2016 book by Annie Ernaux and the earlier ones I've read are telling. Here there is a more writerly, ingrown approach amid the clarity and honesty that was overwhelming in the previous works. Ernaux has evolved, it would seem, and not entirely for the better, from writing about a woman to writing about a woman while writing about writing. Still, the deep insights into a girl's life are worth the trip into a few metaphysical and intellectual ratholes.