LA VIE IS LIKE THATLa vie is like that explores memory and forgetting, language acquisition and loss, migration, love, grief, family, and identity. The impetus for the work began as Duzant was learning a language whilst her father, recently diagnosed with dementia, began forgetting his own. Structured as an alphabet learning book (A is for), also known as a primer, La vie is like that is composed of short passages of writing formed from a non chronological narrative