Used book – Une soudaine solitude, Madeleine Chapsal

One can die of loneliness. Bereavement, abandonment, breakup, divorce... How many of us find ourselves facing ourselves in this way, in a society where this omnipresent problem remains minimized, trivialized? More than men, who almost always "remarry," women are the primary victims. Madeleine Chapsal experienced this loneliness after her divorce. She went through its worst moments, with some victories and many relapses. She tamed it - assuming it can ever be tamed. She speaks simply about it here, evoking in turn, as she writes, her own memories, the letters written to her by women of all ages, and the new situations brought about by changing social norms. She also highlights how loneliness has its privileges - starting with the freedom to be oneself. Here, in a tone of confidence or interview, one will find the sincerity and emotion that made the immense success of La Maison de Jade or La Femme abandonnée.