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The Little Girl on the Ice Floe
The Little Girl on the Ice Floe | Adelaide Bon
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When Adélaïde's parents find her mute and unable to explain why she is crying, they bring her to the police station and file a complaint against "X" for sexual assault. Adélaïde grows up without showing any outward signs of damage. As a teen and then as an outwardly cheerful young woman, she suffers in silence, battling her demons alone. Twenty-three years later, Adélaïde receives a call from the juvenile squad. An investigator has reopened the classified case of "the electrician" and DNA analysis points to a man known to the police as a serial burglar. He is subsequently charged with assaulting 72 minors between 1983 and 2003, and it is suspected that he has hurt hundreds of others who never filed complaints. In the spring of 2016, at the Paris city court, along with 18 other women, Adélaïde confronts the rapist who destroyed her life. In precise and delicate prose, with poise and passion, Adélaïde Bon tells a story that is both terrifying and all too common. This French bestseller is critical reading for all.
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New episode: we talk about The Girl on the Ice Floe by Adélaïde Bon (translated by Tina Kover) from Europa Editions

Transcript also available in the show notes

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Painful, heartbreaking, maddening, a 9 years old‘s rape. Immensely difficult to read but important and necessary. Adelaide tells her story so honestly, that at times I felt my heart shatter. And then I think of every little girl, teenager and woman has been dealt this same trauma💔. Read this!

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The Little Girl on the Ice Floe by Adelaïde Bon (translated by Tina Kover), this memoir was the most painful book I‘ve ever had to read, both in a good and a bad way.

5 stars, everyone needs to read this.

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I was super impressed by Adélaïde. Despite English being her 2nd language she was the most entertaining speaker at the Syd Writer‘s Fest. I saw her x2. Once she spoke on witches & embracing female power & her second talk was on her traumatic childhood. She even dealt with a heckler in the audience with grace. I can‘t wait to read her book that she signed for me. @Miss__astrid & I spotted her numerous xs over the weekend enjoying the fest herself.

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