The Only Girl in the World
Author: Maude Julien
Category: Other3
Published: 2017
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Read Online'A living testimony of resilience...An account as gripping as it is inspiring.' ElleThe Only Girl in the World is an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit.Maude Julien's childhood was defined by the iron grip of her father, who was convinced his daughter was destined for great deeds. His plan began when he adopted Maude's mother and indoctrinated her with his esoteric ideals. Her mission was to give him a daughter as blonde as she was, and then to take charge of the child's education. That child was Maude, on whom her father conducted his outrageous experiment—to raise the perfect 'super-human' being. The three lived in an isolated mansion in northern France, where her father made her undergo endless horrifying endurance tests. Maude had to hold an electric fence without flinching. Her parents locked her in a cellar overnight and ordered her to sit still on a stool in the...