Colombe Schneck discusses how her three books, originally written separately, were later grouped into a trilogy by her translators. She explains that while her work is rooted in her own life, she alters details for narrative effect. The first book, 'Seventeen,' was inspired by an interview with Annie Ernaux and recounts her teenage abortion. The second honors a childhood friend who died of cancer, and the third focuses on swimming, which helped her cope with a painful breakup. A central theme is how French society humbles women, reflecting her feelings of freedom and betrayal by her body. Schneck also explores class as a taboo subject in France, contrasting it with British class mobility, and discusses her stylistic choice of using 'we' in 'Friendship' to center the bond between herself and her friend. She explains how swimming taught her to appreciate her body and gain fearlessness, and how translation has created a new work that she finds funnier and better written than the original French.