I Remain in Darkness by Annie Ernaux

Author:Annie Ernaux
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: literary fiction, gifts for women, novels, fiction, women, gifts for her, fiction books, women gifts, literature, realistic fiction books, books fiction, women's fiction, family, marriage, romance, contemporary fiction, friendship, relationships, grief, love, drama, chick lit, sisters, england, mystery, divorce, adoption, short stories, art, death, infidelity, motherhood, aging, jewish, mothers and daughters, modern, coming of age, feminism, psychology, writing, realistic fiction, french, family saga, historical, fantasy, mother daughter
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2019-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Friday 19

I can’t bring myself to give away her clothes or sell them off at the flea market. Today I sold a set of Restoration armchairs and a sideboard table which my husband and I had acquired after taking out a loan. Parting with these objects means nothing to me. Like my mother, I am letting go of things. The people who bought this antique furniture are young “executives,” like we were at the time.

Sunday 21

Confined to her wheelchair once more. She vainly tries to eat her dessert, an apricot mousse: her hand can’t find her mouth, her tongue keeps darting toward the inaccessible treat. I fed it to her, like I used to feed my own children. I think she realized this. Her fingers are stiff (are they overprescribing Haldol?). She began tearing up the cake box, trying to eat the cardboard. She tore up everything—her napkin, a slip—struggling to twist things, oblivious of her own strength. I look at her sagging chin, her gaping mouth. I have never felt so guilty; I felt that I was the one to have induced her present condition.

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