The Familia Grande
Trade Paperback
A family's silence weighs on everyone
THE LITERARY SENSATION THAT STORMED THE WORLD
THE PHENOMENAL FRENCH BESTSELLER HAS SOLD 350,000 COPIESTHE BOOK THAT SPARKED THE VIRAL #METOOINCEST MOVEMENTA family's secret weighs on everyone...THE FAMILIA GRANDE is a tender, groundbreaking and lacerating memoir written by a sister who could no longer remain silent... Set in amongst the French intellectual elite in Paris and their lavender scented estates in Provence, it tells a story of a corrosive secret that sits in a family for decades and ultimately razes it and the political, literary elite that enabled its silence, to the ground. Already an international bestseller, it has touched a nerve across the globe and has brought about a powerful reckoning of incest, and its far-reaching trauma. The Familia Grande is a book of a generation. 'The courage of a sister who could no longer keep quiet.' - EMMANUEL MACRON'Powerful.' - THE TIMES'Camille's battle to liberate herself from a painful family secret has touched a nerve across France' - THE NEW YORK TIMESBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781914240355
- Author: Camille Kouchner
- Pub date: 10.05.22
- RRP: $27.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Camille Kouchner
Camille Kouchner was born in 1975 in Paris. She is the daughter of the late French writer and political scientist Evelyne Pisier and Bernard Kouchner, a cofounder of Doctors Without Borders. She is a lawyer and senior lecturer at the University of Paris with a specialization in labor, contract, and health law. The Familia Grande is her English debut.