Monique Escapes

Monique Escapes: A Mother’s Fight for Freedom

One evening, during a writer’s residency in Athens, douard receives a tearful phone call from his mother, Monique. She tells him that the man she lives with in Paris is abusive, inflicting upon her the same drunken behaviour as douard’s father, repeating the same cycles of violence, shame and humiliation she fled from before.

Step by step, they plan her escape, celebrating each small victory of Monique’s new beginning. But how do…