The only girl in the world
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Maude Julien with Ursula Gauthier ; translated by Adriana Hunter
Contributors: Gauthier, Ursula, author; Hunter, Adriana, translator
Edition: First North American edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780316466622
Subjects: Abused children; Adult child abuse victims' writings; Psychologically abused children; Psychological torture; Biography
Work titles: Derrière la grille
Description: The Only Girl in the World describes the author's harrowing upbringing by fanatic parents, who raised her in isolation through traumatic disciplinary exercises designed to "eliminate weakness" and recounts how she eventually escaped with the help of an outsider.