The End of Eddy - Édouard Louis - Bog

** Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Guardian and Irish Times ** `Before I had a chance to rebel against the world of my childhood, that world rebelled against me. This book is an effort to understand all that.'Edouard Louis grew up in Hallencourt, a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line.

The author grew up in Hallencourt, a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. This novel is about life there. It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood. Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence, ultimately, it asks, how can we create our own freedom?