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Natasha Lehrer,Ruth Diver,Gisèle Pelicot

A Hymn to Life

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NAMED MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR, TIME, LIT HUB, VULTURE, and more
The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman’s rallying call for shame to “change sides.” For the very first time, Gisèle Pelicot tells her story.
In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity in her legal fight against her ex-husband and the fifty men accused of sexually assaulting her, a courageous decision that inspired millions of people around the world. Only four years prior, Gisèle had made the shattering discovery that her partner, Dominique Pelicot, had been secretly drugging and raping her, and inviting strangers to also abuse her in their home for nearly a decade. “Shame must change sides,” Gisèle bravely declared at the opening of the trial in Avignon, France, and the dictum soon became an international rallying cry to radically transform public sentiment…
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      Shame has to change sides.
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        I would go out, and with a slow but steady step, leaving
        no trace in the sand, I walked. I soothed her, rocked her, exhausted her, lulled her to sleep. I fought against her and for her. I asked compassion of no one. I kept going.
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          Then, looking up at Dominique, she asked, ‘Who’s
          that?’ She didn’t recognise him. At the time, I thought it was because his hair had gone white, or because she was so old. But now that I know what was going on in his head that year, how he had become my tormentor, I wonder whether my aunt, who had protected me during the worst time of my life, had had the clairvoyance of those who are about to leave this world. They see the true nature of things. If she hadn’t recognised the man I had married, perhaps it was because he was not the man standing at my side that afternoon.
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