The End of Eddy: how Édouard Louis made the personal political
Pamela Carter recognised aspects of her own life in Louis's book about growing up determined to escape his French village. Now she's bringing his story to the stageWhen I was growing up in Lancashire in the 70s and 80s, "normal" was a social aspiration. Normal was good. And for the most part, it meant white, straight, for men, non-disabled, conservative. Behaving like a Normal Girl was a test of self-management I fai…