At the age of 30, Marie Bochet decided to hang up her alpine skis and put an end to her career as a high-level sportswoman, which began at a very young age, including the first Paralympic Games held in 2010, at the age of 16 in Vancouver (Canada).
A rich record including eight Paralympic gold medals, 22 world champion titles and nine big globes. Through her book, “My little finger told me”, which will be published this Thursday, November 7, 2024 by Les Passionnés de bouquins (€19.90), Marie Bochet retraces her sporting career, with its ups and downs, but she also opens up in a more intimate way about her life as a woman.
Marie Bochet, how was this desire to write your autobiography born?
It arrived following a proposal from my press officer, Yves Perret, who had met with Les Passionnés de bouquins. It was in 2019. I was 25 years old, I was still very young and I didn’t feel like I had much to say about my life. Finally, I found the title in a very short time.
It was more the title, in reference to your agenesis of the left forearm, which was obvious?
Yes, in 2019 the title was obvious while writing the book was less so. “My little finger told me”, and I told myself that this title deserved to have a story. That’s how the project started and then we took the time to mature it, to define what we wanted to put in it and to write it.
It took you five years to write it and, finally, this book comes as you end your career. Is this a way of closing the loop?
Yes, that was the thinking at one point. Although I didn’t really know when I wanted to end my career exactly, so I didn’t want there to be any elements that would hinder the decision. We made sure that the book progressed as my career progressed and it made sense to write it up to the end of my sporting career. I didn’t want to have to rewrite a book three years later because something was missing. I wanted this book to tell the whole story about skis. I wanted this to be the book of my career, not of my entire life because I only have…
