Nonfiction by Maude Julien
This book is another example of a harrowing-ordeal-childhood story. I've read several of these lately (see Nowhere Girl).
Maude's father had a crazy goal of making a "superior" human being, and he had a detailed plan to make this idea happen. He literally purchased a six-year-old girl to bring up and educate, with the ultimate intention of using her to breed his special superhuman baby. Maude was that child, raised in complete isolation in rural France, and made to endure constant endurance tests along with severe emotional neglect.
Many of her father's crazy notions seemed based in Nazi ideas. For example, he believed strongly in Aryan superiority, and taught Maude to play several instruments because "musicians always survive concentration camps."
This story was terribly fascinating and I was really rooting for poor Maude to get away from her lunatic father.
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