description: This sequel to A Man's Place and prequel to Simple Passion is Ernaux's description of a transformation from girlhood into womanhood. A fictionalized account of the author's teenage awakening and of her later life as a 30-year-old married teacher and mother of two infant sons, A Frozen Woman mixes affection, rage, and bitterness to reveal Ernaux at her most harrowing, affecting, and inspiring.
language: French
title: La Femme gelée
titlecomplete: La Femme gelée
genres: France, Feminism, Roman, Nobel Prize, 20th Century, Audiobook, Contemporary, French Literature, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 5178
places: Annecy, Rouen, Bordeaux
publisher: Gallimard