The Familia Grande

A family's silence weighs on everyone

Camille Kouchner, Adriana Hunter

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Octopus
10 May 2022

Biography; Autobiography: general; Sociology: family & relationships

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 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

'Camille's battle to liberate herself from a painful family secret has touched a nerve across France' - THE NEW YORK TIMES

By: Camille Kouchner
Translated by: Adriana Hunter
Imprint: Octopus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 124mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 210g
ISBN: 9781914240355
ISBN 10: 1914240359
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 10 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.