{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Rape survivor Gis\u00e8le Pelicot's 'A Hymn to Life' chronicles resilience after abuse","publication_date":"April 01, 2026","summary":"In 2020, Gisèle Pelicot was called to a police station and life as she knew it ended. She learned that her husband had been drugging and raping her and inviting strangers to abuse her for nearly a decade. The case led to a reckoning about sexual abuse and revealed the power of one woman’s voice. Amna Nawaz sat down with Pelicot to discuss her book, \"A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides.\"","author_name":"By Amna Nawaz, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/04\/f3466b44c1517649d10910ed51683405-HymnToLife-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}