Laetitia Perez, suffering from a rare genetic mutation, publishes her first book on difference: “She does not define who I am”

“I like writing but it has never been a personal ambition”she explains. Furthermore, “”I let myself be convinced by relatives whose words touched me. Even if the material was there, I did not think I was up to par. Moreover. despite the very positive feedback from my first readers, I did not believe it by sending my manuscript to the publishing house. “

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And yet. His story, inspired by his personal story and told with humor and sincerity, hit the bull’s eye. “It is autobiographical but originally, I wanted to anonymize the book. My goal is to help” the cause “. to put the human behind the handicap and the difference, to show that it does not define the person we are.” Through anecdotes. moments of her life, that which is today an occupational therapist in the neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation service on the Epicura site of Baudour tells how it was built.

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“I was patient before being careful. I think my story really determined the one I am. I am the one I would have liked to be with me. Being there, it shaped me and it allowed me to see things differently. ” The new author also evokes her interactions with the other, her difficulties and her uncertainties.

“My difference does not determine my value, she does not make me someone” less “: less intelligent, less efficient. But she necessarily had an impact on my personal, private and loving life. My bad esteem of me for example pushed me to make bad choices, especially alongside a violent man.” So many ends of her personal history as Laetitia Perez “confides” today to her readers.

His first book. available from the publishing house, good bookstores or even on Amazon, has been laetitia perez, suffering rare genetic drawn to some 200 copies and should be the subject of a second draw. Illustrated by an artist who has been embarked by this authentic story. it may allow some to feel better understood in the tests that must be faced on a daily basis when you are “different.”