Those who can still walk and smile

Those who can still walk and smile

Océane Perona, with éditions Julliard, 2024, 147 pages


Héloïse sleeps badly and drinks too much coffee. In her office in the Violence Unit, the days go by and the minutes of rape interviews pile up on the table. Every day, Héloïse has the feeling that she's working her socks off for nothing, as most of her investigations are dismissed. But when Laura is raped and left for dead in her flat, Ophélie, a young trainee sociologist in the group, sees Héloïse become enamoured with this unusual case. The inquisitive student soon realises that the brigade itself is not spared from violence.

Immersed in the day-to-day life of a specialist police force, this novel interweaves the voices of women, those who speak and those who listen, those who are victims but still walk and laugh".


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