Guest of the show "It feels good" for her book "Battles", the novelist Alexia Stresi explains why she and her husband, the actor François Berléand, decided to leave the beautiful Parisian districts for the 93 at the time of the birth of their twin daughters.
Before returning to the center of Paris.
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The question surprised Alexia Stresi, so little is known about this passage in her life.
11 years ago, when their two twin daughters were born, the novelist and her husband François Berléand decided to move to Seine-Saint-Denis.
The author explains in the program
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why they chose this living environment for the first years of their children's life.
But also why, because of the public school, they have since decided to come back to the center of Paris.
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"With two little girls, born to elderly parents and a well-known father, you can quickly make children who think that life is a long, quiet river", explains Alexia Stresi.
During her pregnancy, she fears that the setting of wealthy neighborhoods is not entirely conducive to the transmission of her values of respect, openness, and "awareness of where you are and the luck that we have. "
Overworked teachers
"I told myself that if we spoke to them about this while living in a beautiful apartment in a beautiful district of Paris, they would look at us with a sneer," recalls the novelist.
"It would have been difficult for the message to reach their spoiled little brains."
This is why the couple moved to Seine-Saint-Denis, "in a place where people fight".
A choice that the family does not regret.
"It was absolutely wonderful for the girls and for us, through the meetings, the life in our neighborhood, etc.", rejoices Alexia Stresi.
The family did not stay, however, seeing the situation of the popular department deteriorate, especially at school.
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Alexia Stresi thanks the mistresses of her daughters, teachers "who really lived their teaching career as a priesthood and who were absolutely wonderful".
But these teachers advise the couple to leave, seeing the conditions of education deteriorate.
"There were a lot of non-French speaking children in the classes of my daughters who, at that time, were in CE1", specifies the novelist.
"The teachers could no longer teach these children French and have time to teach others to read and write."
Important first years
François Berléand, Alexia Stresi and their daughters therefore moved to the center of Paris, and left behind these districts where the National Education did not invest enough to honor its promise of equal opportunities.
The twins of the couple have in any case not forgotten those first years in the 93. "What settled in their head at that time remained with them," said Alexia Stresi.
According to their mother, the two children now carry "an interrogative glance" on the life of the center of Paris and the privileged districts.
"They are incredibly alert to the difficulties and challenges facing our society," adds Alexia Stresi.
"They want to change the world."