A Hymn to Life Shame Has to Change Sides

Gisèle Pelicot, Natasha Lehrer, Ruth Diver

eBook - 2026

NAMED MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR, TIME, LIT HUB, VULTURE, and moreThe sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman’s rallying call for shame to "change sides." For the very first time, Gisèle Pelicot tells her story.In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity in her legal fight against her ex-husband and the fifty men accused of sexually assaulting her, a courageous decision that inspired millions of people around the world. Only four years prior, Gisèle had made the shattering discovery that her partner, Dominique Pelicot, had been secretly drugging and raping her, and inviting strangers to also abuse her in their home for nearly a decade. “Shame must change sides,” Gi...sèle bravely declared at the opening of the trial in Avignon, France, and the dictum soon became an international rallying cry to radically transform public sentiment... more