Should we believe "La Petite Menteuse" by Pascale Robert-Diard?

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by Pascale Robert-Diard, published on August 18, 2022 by Éditions Iconoclaste.

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Why this book?

• Because the novelist and legal columnist,

  Pascale Robert-Diard, plunges us with talent into the procrastination of Alice, a lawyer, who decides to support Lisa, the little liar.

• Because on the first date, Lisa returns to the beginnings

  of her story, when she was 15 years old.

  She talks about her family, the divorce, the impression of being transparent, she is uncomfortable in her skin, until the day when her chest develops, to the point of making her, at the same time uncomfortable and more interesting with the boys.

  The ambivalence leaves her with a bitter taste, but for the first time she feels desired, appreciated, by all these boys.

  The kisses, the caresses, the touching of the one for whom she "cracks" but also of others, who filmed her, without her knowing it...

• Because it is a novel about the functioning of justice

  , but also about its excesses, about the voice of victims and how it is taken into account, but above all about the courage to go against the current of taboos in our society.

  The author pushes the reader to reflect on the figure of the victim, and manages to make us understand Lisa's choice.

• Because the truth is not always what we imagine,

  the lie becomes the common thread of this novel, with its consequences as well as its reasons whose author tries to dissect the gears.

• Because the author presents a different victim

  and signs a novel of rare psychological intensity, by establishing a causal link between miscarriage of justice, affect and lack of judicial hindsight.

  She attaches herself to the facts, and even if we can reproach her for a lack of emotion, it is precisely this distance that makes the pleading even more touching, thanks to a precise pen, where every word counts.

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

Alice Keridreux, lawyer is contacted by Lisa Charvet, 20, who wants to change lawyers - a woman would certainly understand her much better in the trial than Marco Lange, a worker convicted of rape, is appealing to her.

Characters.

Lisa at 15.

Lisa at 20.

Alice, lawyer chosen by Lisa because she is a woman.

Lisa's parents and everyone around Lisa.

Those with good intentions, those who see no harm and those who think they are doing the right thing for her.

Places.

A small town in the region.

The time.

Current.

The author.

Pascale Robert-Diard has been a legal columnist for Le Monde for twenty years.

She is notably the author of

(The Iconoclast), selected on the list of the Prix Femina.

This book has been read with

avidity and interest for the sum of the knowledge of the judicial system, for the excesses of #MeToo, for the chiseled pen, for the breathtaking pleading.

But especially for the reflection that this book brings on the implications of each other, social networks, the view of our society.

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