Praise for The Little Girl on the Ice Floe "It's hard to say if this riveting text is a novel in the strictest sense of the word, but the power of the material makes that a minor quibble." "Vividly conveys the survivor's emotions of shame, rage, and fear but also offers--slowly, tentatively--hope for healing."-- Kirkus Reviews Starred Review "A work of public service that should be read to politicians, judges, and lawyers so they can understand."--François Busnel, La Grande librairie "It's an unsettling autobiographical tale, at times punishing to read, but with a literary strength that lifts it high above a simple survivor's account."--Livres Hebdo "Brilliant and visceral, [Bon's] writing unearths her deepest ruins with an urgency that befits the story. Running a relay race in which the devastated child she was hands off to the thousands of little girls and women in the world who have been victims of rape, Adélaïde Bon finds the right pace, ethereal yet determined. She tears the language of assurance to shreds, cuts through the fog of forgetting, lifts this story up with the force of her poetic vision and crosses the finish line: recovery. For her, recovery is at once a precious literary trophy, revenge against her own destiny, and a magical word with which she hopes others can find peace.

"--Télérama "A thrilling autobiographical tale. [.] Much more than a 'simple' story of resilience, The Little Girl on the Ice Floe renders with surgical precision, the ebb and flow of what experts call 'traumatic memory.'"--L'Express "Something in this book transcends the author's story to speak of the threats that weigh on the female sex, the violence against these bodies."--Slate.