Monique Escapes

Name: Monique Escapes
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ISBN: 9781787305045

Édouard Louis, John Lambert

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French

Harvill
03 February 2026

Memoirs; True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; Violence in society; Domestic violence; Coping with personal problems

The blazing new book from once-in-a-generation writer

douard Louis, as he helps his mother escape from an abusive partner

One evening, during a writers' residency in Athens,

douard receives a tearful phone call from his mother, Monique. She tells him that the man she lives with in Paris is abusive, inflicting upon her the same drunken behaviour as

douard's father, repeating the same cycles of violence, shame and humiliation she fled from before.

Step by step, they plan her escape, celebrating each small victory of Monique's new beginning. But how do you rebuild your life when you've never truly known freedom?

Monique Escapes is an intimate and gripping portrait of a mother fighting for her self-determination, and of the son who becomes her ally. It is a story of reinvention, the price of liberty and the remaking of the relationship between a mother and a son who, despite the weight of their shared history, manage to find each other again.

By: Édouard Louis
Translated by: John Lambert
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9781787305045
ISBN 10: 178730504X
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 03 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

douard Louis (Author) douard Louis is the author of The End of Eddy, History of Violence, Who Killed My Father, A Woman's Battles and Transformations, Change, Monique Escapes and Collapse, and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, making him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation worldwide.