All happy families : a memoir / Hervé Le Tellier ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Hunter, Adriana, translator.

Standardized Title:

Toutes les familles heureuses. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957---Family.

Le Tellier, Hervé.

Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957---Childhood and youth.

Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957-.

Authors, French--20th century--Biography.

Authors, French.

Families.

Authors, French--21st century--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

175 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Other Press, [2019]

Summary:

"A prominent French writer delves into his own history in this eloquent reflection on dysfunctional family relationships. Herve Le Tellier did not consider himself to have been an unhappy child--he was not deprived, or beaten, or abused. And yet he understood from a young age that something was wrong, and longed to leave. Children sometimes have only the option of escaping, and owe to that escape their even greater love of life. Having reached a certain emotional distance at sixty years old, and with his father and stepfather dead and his mother suffering from late-stage Alzheimer's disease, Le Tellier finally felt able to write the story of his family. Abandoned early by his father and raised in part by his grandparents, he was profoundly affected by his relationship with his mother, a troubled woman with damaging views on love. In this perceptive, deeply personal account, Le Tellier attempts to look back on trying times in his life without anger or regret, and even with humor"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in French as Toutes les familles heureuses in 2017 by Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, Paris."

Other Format:

Online version: Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957- author. All happy families

ISBN:

9781590519370

159051937X

OCLC:

1043203644

Publisher Number:

99982219245