In Confessions of a Normal Woman, the Montreal author traces the thread of her tribulations in order to overcome the shame that has stuck in her body since childhood when it comes to sex. With a remarkable frankness, this first book is a plea for an uninhibited sexuality without taboos. While watching a movie with the family, Eloise, 11, experienced new sensations in front of an erotic scene. She then exclaimed with great candor: “Mom!? Why do I have butterflies in my doll!? Seized with astonishment, her mother did not know what to answer her. Her parents never discussed sexuality with her, and it was not at the Catholic school that she attended that Éloïse was able to obtain answers. So she turned to pornography, then started, at her own pace and not without a few missteps,