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T'inquiète pas, mama, ça va going

 by Hélène de Fougerolles, published on February 24, 2021 by Éditions Fayard.


Her favorite quote:

I had a double life: the one I wanted to believe in, and the other, the one I was really living… It took me ten years to accept my daughter's difference.

Ten years of flight, ten years of combat.

I did not expect such a trip.

Why this book?

  • Because Hélène de Fougerolles reveals herself like never before.

    The actress tells us her story, her childhood for example, but above all, she tells us about her daughter and the path she has traveled as a mother.

    She spares us nothing and tells us everything.

    Without taboo.

    It is unsettling, confusing and touching, but it is also overwhelming, striking and striking.

  • Because this novel is about autism.

    Still considered a handicap, it is a feature that affects many children.

    We only know the outer side, the visible part of what parents and their children experience on a daily basis.

    In this book, Hélène de Fougerolles talks about the other side, the hidden part, what these families are really going through.

    It is indescribable.

  • Because we are attached to the author, to her journey.

    Because she does not hide anything but the way in which she tells her story, strewn with pitfalls, of meetings with specialists, is really clear and with all the terms and expressions that we have been able to say to her for years.

    We follow his path, we put ourselves in his place.

  • Because all rights to this book are donated

    to the Les Maisons de Vincent association, which works to enable people with autism to live their lives independently.

    We participate in their well-being and their future development.

    They have the right and they deserve it.


The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

 Hélène de Fougerolles tells without shame and without taboos her life as a mother and in particular her journey with her daughter, suffering from autism, from her birth until now.

Characters.

 Hélène de Fougerolles, her daughter, her ex-husband and her partner, but also the many specialists met over the years.

Places.

 In France, in Mauritius, where Hélène de Fougerolles has a foothold.

The time.

 The novel takes place in our time.

The author.

 Hélène de Fougerolles is a French actress.

She has acted in around fifty films for the cinema under the direction of Arthur Joffé, Cédric Klapisch, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jacques Rivette or Maïwenn, and recently, for television, in

Balthazar

and

Special mention

on TF1.

This book was read with

 a maelstrom of emotion.

Autism, I had heard about it, but with this novel, I discovered, on a daily basis, the journey of parents and children, but above all, I lived a lesson in life with an incredible and wonderful mother.

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