Pascale Hugues „So voller Leben. Über meine Mutter“
So full of life and yet so fragile. A woman torn between opposites: her parents longed so much for a boy and ended up with a well-behaved girl. Left-handed and forced to write with her right hand. Sometimes French, sometimes German, this Alsatian woman changes her nationality, language, and even her first name three times. She vacillates between the charm of the bourgeoisie and the allure of rebellion, between patriarchy and the great liberation of women. And it comes too late for the turning point. A caring mother who disappears for weeks on end without explanation. Her life constantly oscillates between two extremes, a reflection of her illness. Bipolar. Pascale Hugues traces the footsteps of her mother, who died too young—her downfalls, her courage to get back up time and again. She unearths family legends and secrets, painting a picture of an era when mental illness was a taboo, hidden behind protective lies. A sensitive narrative of pain and joie de vivre.
Pascale Hugues, born in Strasbourg, is a journalist and author. Her first book, "Marthe and Mathilde", was an instant success. For her book "A Quiet Street in a Good Neighborhood", she received the Prix Simone Veil and the European Book Prize. Pascale Hugues is the Germany correspondent for a French news magazine, a columnist, and a regular contributor to various German media outlets.
