| A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France Contributor(s): Carles, Emilie (Author), Destanque, Robert (Author), Goldberger, Auriel H. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140169652 ISBN-13: 9780140169652 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1992 Annotation: Emilie Carles was born in 1900 into the rigidly conservative patriarchal world of a poor and isolated peasant community in the High Alps of France. Her autobiography is the tale of a world that has largely disappeared and of the one that has emerged to take its place. 8 pages of photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in France in 1977, this autobiography vivifies the captivating Carles from her peasant origins in a tiny Alpine village through her work as a teacher, farmer, mother, feminist and political activist. |