In the book, Vanessa Springora writes about how the relationship led to her suffering from mental illness and depression. The book has caused great scandal in France and led to debate about the view of sex with children in France. It has also led to the Paris Prosecutor's Office opening an investigation into the rape of minors.

The male author that Vanessa Springora writes about has never been convicted of abuse and he refuses to have used anyone, but he has spoken openly about sexual contacts with minors on several interviews and has even written texts about it.

A testimony of abuse

The male author's publisher has also withdrawn his entire publication after the debate and the French police have made a decision on the publisher to find texts by the author that have not been published.

- Consent is a feat in so many ways. Vanessa Springora writes out her young self in a book that touches, upsets and ignites reading. It is a testimony of abuse with the silent consent of the surroundings, a dissection of the mechanisms of the grooming regardless of time and place, says Lotta Aquilonius, publisher at Albert Bonnier's Publishing House in a statement.