La corde au coeur

Eleven years ago, Béatrice Saubin was miraculously freed from a Malaysian prison after being sentenced to death for drug smuggling. Her wrenching essay, L'Epreuve told of her ten atrocious years in jail and her terrifying trial. Since then, freedom has not been peaceful for Béatrice who has had to repeatedly negotiate yet more extremes in a life decidedly on the edge: the devastating end of a beautiful love story, a gravely serious accident, phantoms from her family's past, anxiety and depression. She realized too late that destiny was trying to grab her from behind and she found herself in another prison, without bars but equally confining: drug abuse and solitude. In this profoundly moving book, Béatrice Saubin truthfully recounts her intense struggle to return to the light, to rediscover the will to live. She is one of those fascinating human beings, constantly projected into life or death struggles, barely escaping with their health and sanity but forever mindful of sharing their hard-learned lessons. L'Epreuve was sold and translated in twenty-six countries. Her new book is a much-awaited event in France and in the rest of the world.

Pages: 199, Paperback, Jean-Claude Lattès