A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides

A Hymn to Life

By Gisèle Pelicot. For the first time, the author tells the horrific story of being drugged and raped by her husband and 50 strangers. Not as victim, but as witness, she recounts the investigation that turned her life inside out. With honesty and grace, she retraces the steps of a life built over the course of five decades, the final decade of her marriage and its hidden abuse, and the long path of emotional healing that ensues. As she transcends the traumas of her past, against all odds, she emerges with a renewed sense of passion and reverence for her life. Part memoir, part act of defiance, this book is a story of survival, testimony, and courage, and a portrait of a woman who broke her silence, reclaimed her voice, and forced a reckoning. Read more.