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Dans ce récit autobiographique, Gisèle Halimi écrit à son père tant aimé pour lui dire « ce qui n'a pas été dit ». Tout commence en Tunisie au pied de l'oranger. Tous les matins, la petite fille se cache pour jeter son café au lait dans les racines de l'arbre. Gisèle Halimi revient sur son enfance rebelle et ses combats précoces contre les stéréotypes de genre véhiculés par la religion et l'école. La haine de l'injustice chevillée au corps, Gisèle Halimi devient l'avocate la plus célèbre du XXe siècle.

In Radical Tenderness, Gisele Barreto Fetterman courageously shares her story of power through vulnerability—from her childhood survival years as a Brazilian-American undocumented immigrant, to the prejudice she experienced in corporate and political settings, to her hardships and resilience stepping into her husband’s role when he suffered a stroke. Through it all Gisele learned that leading with tenderness—whether at the office, as a boss, or as a human being—can help us face challenges in a healthier, more authentic way, and in turn guides others to do the same.

After escaping war-torn France, where 18 members of her family were murdered in the Holocaust, Gisèle Huff arrived in the US with her mother. It was 1947, and they had $400 to their name. Gisèle quickly found her footing in America, eventually earning a PhD at Columbia University, running for Congress, and launching a spectacular career in K–12 education.