Unexplained electrical phenomena, call bells or lifts that
go off by themselves, doors or windows that open for no reason, strange
presences or ghostly apparitions, unexplained voices or breathing,
empty rooms that show signs of being occupied, strange phenomena that
announce the death of residents... You name it! By the time you've finished reading,
EHPAD will appear to you as what they are: outposts located on the
frontier of invisible worlds! Some sixty personal accounts have been
collected and patiently transcribed by the author. Most of them are
delivered anonymously (which says a lot about the treatment given to
such subjects in medical establishments). We appreciate the ‘spoken language’
that Hervé has favoured, the better to preserve and restore the spontaneity
and emotion contained in the testimonies. A new facet of the
work of care staff is revealed to us! This book - a first in the French language
- is not evidence, but a formidable body of evidence
. As the author writes: ‘Everyone will make up their own mind; this
book demonstrates only one thing: there are many similarities in the
testimonies of all these people who have never met each other’.
