"I Remain in Darkness"

An extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter s attachment to her mother, and of both women s strength and resiliency. "I Remain in Darkness" recounts Annie s attempts first to help her mother recover from Alzheimer s disease, and then, when that proves futile, to bear witness to the older woman s gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter losing a beloved parent. "I Remain in Darkness" is a new high water mark for Ernaux, surging with raw emotional power and her sublime ability to use language to apprehend her own life s particular music.