中文简介：

母亲死于老年痴呆症后，埃尔诺开启了一段艰巨的穿越时光之旅，她致力于“找到真正的女人，那个独立于我而存在的女人，出生在诺曼底小镇的郊区，死于巴黎郊区一家医院的老年病房。”

她探索了母女之间既脆弱又不可动摇的纽带、将她们分开的疏离世界、以及我们终会失去所爱之人这不可避免的事实。在致辞中，埃尔诺试图为母亲“伸张正义”：将她描绘成本来的样子。她写道：“我相信自己在写母亲，因为轮到我把她带到这个世界上了。”

英文简介：

Upon her mother's death from Alzheimer's, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris."

She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones we love. In this quietly powerful tribute, Ernaux attempts to do her mother the greatest justice she can: to portray her as the individual she was. She writes, "I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."