This is my 6th Annie Ernaux. The plan is to read them all, so more to come. The good part of reading a lot of her book…This is my 6th Annie Ernaux. The plan is to read them all, so more to come. The good part of reading a lot of her books is that I can borrow parts from previous reviews. Here is one quote about her writing, in Ernaux’s own words. "I adopted a neutral, objective kind of writing, 'flat' in the sense that it contained neither metaphors not signs of emotion. The violence was no longer displayed; it came from the facts themselves and not the writing. Finding the words that contain both reality and the sensation provided by reality would become, and remain to this day, my ongoing concern in writing, no matter what the subject". You might wonder why this one got 5*, while the others were awarded only 4*. Well, I am not sure it deserved that much, but it was my favourite of the ones I’ve read. So, here it is. A Girl’s Story is Annie’s memoir about her teenage years and, in particular, of the summer of 1958, spent working as a holiday camp instructor in Normandy. That summer included the first night she had sex. However, the whole summer was a more complex, unpleasant experience which had repercussions for years. After Ernaux details the events of that summer, she follows up with an account of the mental troubles created by that traumatic experience, including her fight with bulimia. Although I did not have similar experiences, I could still relate with some of the teenage angst and I felt sympathetic towards her, most of the time. However, Ernaux can also be exasperating. Let’s say that she is not known to take the best decisions in life.