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Book SynopsisLife itself is in these pages: in this candid, poetic style there is storytelling of real quality - LEILA SLIMANI, author of Lullaby
A powerful and personal account of the devastating consequences of childhood rape: a valuable voice for the #MeToo conversation.
Adélaïde Bon grew up in a wealthy neighborhood in Paris, a privileged child with a loving family, lots of friends and seemingly limitless opportunity lying ahead of her. But one sunny afternoon, when she was nine years old, a strange man followed her home and raped her in the stairwell of her building. She told her parents, they took her to the police, the fact of the crime was registered ... and then a veil was quietly drawn over that part of her childhood, and life was supposed to go on.
Except, of course, it didn''t.
Throughout her adolescence and young adulthood, Adélaïde struggles with the aftermath of the horror of that afternoon in 1990. The lingering trauma pervades all
Trade Review
Life itself is in these pages: in this candid, poetic style there is storytelling of real quality -- Leïla Slimani * Le Monde *
At a time when the words of victims of sexual violence are breaking free, this testimony entrances with its political scope and cerebral quality -- Pauline Leduc * Livres Hebdo *
A heartrending and precious account. Rare and essential. -- Nedjma van Egmond * Marianne *
Magnificently written, the shocking story of a long recovery -- Francois Aubel * Figaro *
Adélaïde Bon takes hold of this painful subject and delivers, with remarkable perspective and finesse, the pathos-free account of her pain and trauma. A heart-breaking book -- Adeline Fleury * Parisien *
It's her first book, and it hits hard -- Mohammed Aissaoui * Figaro *
Vividly conveys the survivor's emotions of shame, rage, and fear but also offers-slowly, tentatively-hope for healing. * Kirkus Reviews *
