cover image A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France

A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France

Emilie Carles, Robert Destanque. Penguin Books, $16 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-14-016965-2

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. Photos. (June)