The Familia Grande: A family’s silence weighs on everyone

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In February 2017, Camille Kouchner gathered with family in Sanary-sur-Mer to bury her mother, who died with none of her five children present. Her passing would stir up old emotions, ultimately leading Camille to publicly confront a long-held and corrosive secret: her stepfather sexually abused her twin brother when they were adolescents. ‘La Familia Grande’ poignantly explores the family dynamics of abuse, and the questions of guilt and shame surrounding it. Camille grapples with her own sense of responsibility and also considers the wider societal forces that have allowed such crimes to happen.

ISBN: 9781914240355 Author: Kouchner, Camille Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group Publication Date: 5th May 2022 Imprint: Brazen Cover: Paperback Dewey: 362.76 (edition:23) Pages: 208 Language: English Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subjects: , ,

THE LITERARY SENSATION THAT STORMED THE WORLD

THE PHENOMENAL FRENCH BESTSELLER HAS SOLD 350,000 COPIES

THE BOOK THAT SPARKED THE VIRAL #METOOINCEST MOVEMENT

A terrible family secret. A sister who can no longer remain silent.

Set in amongst the French intellectual elite in Paris and their lavender scented estates in Provence, LA FAMILIA GRANDE 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, this tender, groundbreaking and lacerating memoir 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 TIMES

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