"A book whose tale of incest and abuse is also the unsparing portrait of a prominent French family.breathtaking.powerful." -- New York Times "Free of voyeurism and elegantly written, The Familia Grande is.an artistic success." -- New York Times Book Review "[Kouchner's] memoir.sent shock waves into the heart of the French establishment.Her style is raw, breathless; she doesn't pull any punches.
" -- The Guardian "[A] moving, elegantly written memoir.A cathartic, blisteringly candid family portrait of abuse, dysfunction, and eventual epiphany." -- Kirkus Reviews "Kouchner risks it all by confronting the truth about her family and her stepfather's abuse.[She] writes in poetically short sentences, paragraphs, and chapters, helping to soften the raw and difficult subject matter." -- Booklist "Powerful.[Kouchner] paints a vivid picture of life growing up in a family of champagne socialists." -- Sunday Times (UK) "[Kouchner] blaz[es] a trail with words, without a single superfluous sentence. The Familia Grande is a shocking account of the mechanisms of control and stifled speech, but above all a poignant and posthumous declaration of love to [her] mother.
" -- France-Amérique "Camille Kouchner's chilling memoir brings to light the incredible violence embedded in the discourse of sexual freedom (as happy, transparent, and consensual) that flourished in a certain segment of French society since the 1970s. Her book, however, also offers us a beautiful reflection on transgenerational trauma, as Kouchner recounts her struggle to prevent the transmission of abuse, silence, and shame, literally but also metaphorically." --Camille Robcis, author of Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France " The Familia Grande is an artfully written, illuminating, and haunting memoir, reminiscent of Kathryn Harrison's The Kiss . Camille Kouchner dared to break the silence of her life, and by doing so has created a memorable and moving masterpiece." --Chloe Caldwell, author of The Red Zone: A Love Story "A lucid, universal account of the unspeakable.extraordinarily powerful and emotional." -- Elle (France).