Meet-and-greet and book signing with Valérie BENAÏM at FNAC Rochefort

Author and journalist Valérie BENAÏM presents her new book *Ils ont disparu…* (They Have Disappeared…), published by Fayard.

Valérie Benaïm is a journalist, producer and television presenter. A well-known figure to the general public, she is a regular contributor to the programme *Tout beau tout n9uf* on W9. Her latest book, published in 2024, “Il n’est pas celui que vous croyez”, became a bestseller.

“Every 13 minutes, a child goes missing in France. This is a phenomenon that should alarm us, because this figure is not just a statistic: it illustrates a reality that concerns us all.
As a journalist and a mother, I wanted to break the deafening silence surrounding more than 38,477 disappearances. To understand what lies behind this scourge, what it says about our society, about us, and about our institutions.
So I investigated and met with families, charities, police officers, magistrates, psychologists – all those who strive every day to rescue these children from oblivion and to repair the irreparable.

These chilling yet courageous accounts help us answer the crucial question: how can we protect those who are most vulnerable?
Every child deserves to be saved in a society whose duty it is to protect them.”

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