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The Only Girl in the World : a Memoir by Maude Julien, Ursula Gauthier, Adriana Hunter (translation) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Only Girl in the World is an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit.Maude Julien’s childhood was defined by the iron grip of her father, who was convinced his daughter was destined for great deeds. His plan began when he adopted Maude’s mother & indoctrinated her with his esoteric ideals. Her mission was to give him a daughter as blonde as she was, & then to take charge of the child’s education. That child was Maude, on whom her father conducted his outrageous experiment—to raise the perfect ‘super-human’ being.The three lived in an isolated mansion in northern France, where her father made her undergo endless horrifying endurance tests. Maude had to hold an electric fence without flinching. Her parents locked her in a cellar overnight & ordered her to sit still on a stool in the dark, contemplating death, while rats scurried around her feet.How did this girl, with her loveless & lonely childhood, emerge so unscathed, so full of the empathy that was absent in her childhood? How did she manage to escape?Maude was sustained by her love of nature & animals and her passion for literature. In writing this memoir, Maude Julien shows that it is possible to overcome

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Author

Maude Julien, Ursula Gauthier, Adriana Hunter (translation)

Publisher

The Text Publishing Company

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781925498110

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.94 / 5 (72 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14