Didier Eribon

Praise for 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

He recounts his mother’s life and death both as a son and as a sociologist . . . a genre that’s particularly suited to our age, with its growing understanding of how social class shapes life-paths

Simon Kuper, Financial Times

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

He recounts his mother’s life and death both as a son and as a sociologist . . . a genre that’s particularly suited to our age, with its growing understanding of how social class shapes life-paths

Simon Kuper, Financial Times

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

He recounts his mother’s life and death both as a son and as a sociologist . . . a genre that’s particularly suited to our age, with its growing understanding of how social class shapes life-paths

Simon Kuper, Financial Times

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