Happening

Written by Annie Ernaux

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

Annie Ernaux sifts through her memories and journal entries from decades ago, when she attempted an at-home abortion that nearly led to her death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781666557480

Annie Ernaux

Born in 1940, Annie Ernaux grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and later taught at secondary school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story, have become contemporary classics in France. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.  

Reviews for Happening

[msarki_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not only an interesting story, but harrowing and unfair. I do appreciate Annie Ernaux, her honesty and courage, and her need to put her life into words so that others might benefit from how, and the way, she lived.

[l ekelund · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

no wonder this author won the Nobel Prize in Litterateur.

[Jacqueline Beecher · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Useful example of how and why to turn a life event into a written exercise. Honest and frank. We’ll read.