what is this investigation into co-victims of the same attacker?

Published by Stock on October 2, 2024, Alizée Vincent’s book focuses on joint victims of the same attacker.

With the liberation of speech surrounding physical moral violence and sexual assault – relaunched in particular around Judith Godrèche and Caroline Ducey – several books take up the subject and each time offer a unique perspective according to the dispositions of the authors.

With Sisters of ComplaintAlizée Vincent deals with a little-known aspect of attacks: these men and women victims of the same aggressor – without knowing each other beforehand – who find meaning thanks to the encounter or the awareness of the other, of the one who is also a victim of the same person. Finding the term sisters of complaint and brothers of complaint, the journalist Alizée Vincent describes this phenomenon and addresses the case of violence through the reconstruction of the victims. Specializing in the subjects of sexual violence, Alizée Vincent notably participated in the collective book This is my body, This is my heart, They are not who you think (Rageot) and Surviving ordinary sexism (Flammarion).

With Sisters of Complaintshe signed her first solo book. The essay has also been available from Stock editions since October 2, 2024, confirming the richness of a varied and diverse literary entry surrounding many subjects.

A book echoing its own story

Sisters of Complaint is thus a broad investigation which digs into a fairly common phenomenon. Whether with a view to reconstruction, understanding or moral and judicial support, there are many sisters of complaint and Alizée Vincent is herself one.

Directly evoking the cases of sexual assault and rape linked to #MeToo affairs after the scandals which notably surrounded PPDA or Gérard Depardieu, Complaint Sisters is thus fully anchored in current affairs. An important, but above all powerful essay, currently available in bookstores.