France, Feb. 18 -- Pelicot became a global icon in the fight against sexual violence in 2024 during the trial of her ex-husband Dominique and dozens of strangers who raped her while she was unconscious.

Entitled A Hymn to Life(Et la Joie de Vivre), it was written with French author Judith Perrignon and translated into 22 languages, a testament to the impact her story had on audiences around the world.

It spans Pelicot's 50-year relationship- which she stresses was not a nightmarish ordeal, but life with someone she considered a "great guy".

"Like every couple, we had difficult moments, but we loved each other, I'm sure of that, and we had three children," Pelicot told French magazine Telerama in the first of a series of promotional int...