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Thank you for this. I've not read Happening nor seen the film. Now I will. I read Ernaux when you could only get her in French - short diary books. When she first won the Nobel, and I talked to women about it, it seemed to me they would not appreciate (not understand) why her books are so valuable and important. Many cannnot get themselves to identify - and there are problems in identifying. I wrote a couple of blogs a while back and here is one https://reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2021/01/30/annie-ernauxs-a-girls-story-coming-to-accept-a-series-of-sexually-traumatic-incidents-not-atypically-experienced-by-girls-growing-up/ https://reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/reading-annie-ernauxs-les-annees/

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Thank you. I will definitely read this!

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