{"product_id":"a-mans-place-1","title":"A Man's Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her exams for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation in \u003cem\u003eA Man's Place\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the course of the book, Ernaux grows up to become the uncompromising observer now familiar to the world, while her father matures into old age with a staid appreciation for life as it is and for a daughter he cautiously, even reluctantly admires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annie Ernaux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43887499116801,"sku":"9781913097363","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate_40.png?v=1687961629","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/a-mans-place-1","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}