Monique se evade

On a dark night, Édouard Louis receives a frantic call from his mother, Monique, in Athens. At twenty-eight, Édouard is confronted with the painful reality that the man his mother is now living with mirrors the same abusive behavior of his father, from whom she fled years ago. Monique, who thought she had finally found freedom, finds herself trapped in a cycle of the past. Determined to help her, her son takes her into his empty Paris apartment, calls her daily, and guides her on her path to recovery. Together with his sister, from whom he has been estranged since his first novel, he finds her a new home in the village where she lives with her children. Ten years after the success of The End of Eddy Bellegueule, Édouard Louis delivers a moving and compelling tale of an oppressed woman's transformation and the relationship between a mother and her son. Through their shared history, they both discover the true price of freedom and the profound impact of reconciliation.