La rue pour moi, c'est fini

Synopsis of La rue pour moi, c'est fini

«La rue pour moi, c'est fini» is the testimony of André collected by Catherine Siguret, published by Édition n°1 in paperback (113 pages, in French).

André spent four years living on the streets and recounts his experience as a homeless person in France: the cold, the dirt, the alcohol and the violence, but also the encounters that transformed his life. The testimony, collected by Catherine Siguret, aims to show that the street does not have to be the end of hope.

Published in 1995, the book belongs to the N1 Témoignages collection. The work mentions 110,000 homeless people in the Paris region and 600,000 across France.

For readers interested in real-life testimonies about social exclusion and in French non-fiction literature.