Rebecca Makonnenwhom we have known for many years for her brilliant career as a TV and radio host, has just published her first novel, In my bloodwhich highlights its history. In this literary work, she pays tribute to her parents and reveals family secrets.
It was during his passage to Hi Hello in the company ofÈve-Marie Lortie that she confided in a more personal subject that she also addresses in her book: being born of adultery. But behind what might seem unforgivable lies a beautiful story.
“I’m not my biological mother’s daughter… Let’s see… It’s complicated, even for me,” begins Rebecca who tries to explain the situation.
“Your father had an affair with another woman,” adds Eve-Mariecoming to his aid.
“That’s it and I was born from this adventure. I am an adulterous child (…) So my father confesses to my mother. My mother welcomes me with open arms, I already have a big sister in this family, but unfortunately my father passed away when I was two years old, so my mother raised me alone with my sister. But I had this guilt, of having been born from an adventure. You know, it’s not chic there,” testifies Rebecca with a beautiful vulnerability.
Rebecca testifies, however, that his parents never hid the situation from him. When she was younger, she told everyone about her reality, but people’s reactions pushed her to keep it a secret.
“(…) Secondary school, we want to belong and then we want to be like everyone else and there I clearly saw that I was not like everyone else. I saw that this story was shocking and distressing for many people, so I decided to keep it to myself and subsequently when people asked me: where are you from? …In fact, I was often asked: Which of your parents is white? Well, I answered: my mother. It wasn’t a lie, I just covered it up, I kept part of the truth to myself.
Today, she has chosen to tell her story in complete transparency in her book, because it is part of her, but also to demonstrate the extraordinary journey of her parents, of her mother who “raised, loved and carried” her. in his heart.
A very touching moment in the company of Rebecca!
To get his novel, go to the bookstore today!
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