Vitriolée

by Katie Piper

Katie Piper n'a que 25 ans lorsque son ex-petit ami lui jette de l'acide au visage, la défigurant et réduisant à néant sa carrière, pourtant prometteuse. Mais Katie décide de se battre, et de ne pas se décourager. Voici son témoignage, celui d'une reconstruction, tant physique que psychologique. Katie Piper est aujourd'hui l'une des présentatrices vedettes de la BBC. " Son histoire a ému toute la Grande-Bretagne. " Femme Actuelle

2008. Katie Piper, 25 ans, est belle et insouciante. Elle a quitté sa province pour Londres afin de percer dans le mannequinat et l'univers de la télévision. Jusqu'à ce qu'un homme abuse d'elle et l'asperge d'acide.
Cet homme ? Son petit ami de l'époque...
Défigurée, ayant failli perdre la vue, Katie a toute une vie à reconstruire. Un chemin qui passera par de nombreuses opérations chirurgicales, par des phases de découragement mais aussi d'espoir.
Katie a répondu à l'horreur avec une incroyable force de vie.
Voici son témoignage, celui d'une reconstruction, tant physique que psychologique, et d'une renaissance

" Le témoignage d'une survivante. Un message d'espoir. " Aufeminin.com

336 pages, Pocket Book

Published July 13, 2023

About the author

Kate Elizabeth "Katie" Piper (born 12 October 1983) is a philanthropist, television presenter and former model from Andover, Hampshire in England, UK. Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 sulphuric acid was thrown in her face. The attack, which blinded Piper in one eye, was arranged by Piper's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, and carried out by an accomplice, Stefan Sylvestre. Lynch and Sylvestre were arrested and are serving life sentences in prison for their crimes.[1]
The attack took place in north London and Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where the surgeons removed all the skin from her face before rebuilding it with a skin substitute and then a skin graft. The procedure was the first of its kind to be completed in a single operation.[2][3]
In 2009, Piper chose to give up her anonymity in order to increase awareness about burn victims. The Channel 4 documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face was first aired on 29 October 2009 as part of the Cutting Edge series; it has subsequently been repeated on several occasions, made available for online on-demand access, and sold internationally.
More recently, Piper has appeared in a follow-up series for Channel 4, released a best-selling autobiography, and had a regular column in weekly magazine Reveal; however, she primarily works for her charitable organisation the Katie Piper Foundation.