Pascale Robert Diard Libri

This sharp, compelling legal drama from an acclaimed French journalist explores why a teenage victim lied about her rape and how the disadvantaged become scapegoats. At 15, Lisa was a typical teenager, at times rebellious and impulsive, adjusting to newfound attention from boys and men. But when her demeanor takes a sudden turn, her teachers suspect something worse than adolescent moodiness. Lisa eventually confesses that she’s been abused, multiple times, and suspicion quickly falls on Marco, a worker who had done projects at her parents’ house. With his troubled history of drinking, unemployment, and casual sex, he’s sentenced without hesitation to 10 years in prison. While others consider the matter settled and want to move on, guilt eats away at Lisa. No longer a minor, she drops her family’s hotshot Parisian lawyer ahead of the appeal hearing and makes a surprise visit to the office of a local attorney, Alice. Unassuming yet dogged in seeking justice, Alice agrees to represent her, and bring to light the painful truths obscured by Lisa’s past lies. Drawing on years of experience covering trials, Pascale Robert-Diard combines keen insight and a vivid, powerful writing style in this story at the intersection of the #MeToo movement and class inequality.

This book looks at retirement beginning before it starts and considers not just the positive rewards of this stage of life but also the attendant emotions, difficulties, and obstacles retirees must face, no matter their age when they retire. It includes firsthand accounts and is based on results gleaned from a survey of more than 1400 retirees.

1977 verschwindet Agnès Le Roux, die Tochter einer wohlhabenden Familie an der Côte d’Azur in Frankreich. Bald geht man von einem Verbrechen aus, und der Anwalt der Familie, Maurice Agnelet, gerät in Verdacht, ihr etwas angetan zu haben. Er ist Agnès’ verheirateter Liebhaber, ein Verführer, der es meisterhaft versteht, Menschen für seine Zwecke zu benutzen. Guillaume Agnelet ist noch ein Kind, als ihm sein Vater einen Mord gesteht, für den es keine Beweise gibt. Fast dreißig Jahre lang schweigt der Sohn und verteidigt den Vater sogar vor Gericht. Bis er nicht mehr kann. Pascale Robert-Diard hält auf unheimlich fesselnde Weise fest, wie eine Familie vor den Augen der Öffentlichkeit an ihren Geheimnissen zerbricht. Eine wahre Geschichte.