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At school, her classmates nicknamed her “vroom-vroom”.
Fame
tells how Angie Motard changed her name.
For twenty-two years, Angie David has lied to everyone about her last name.
However, on July 1, 2022, the Dupond-Moretti law authorized any French citizen to choose the name of their parent who was not transmitted to them at birth.
Angie Motard finally officially bears her mother's last name on her identity card.
Under this law, the author of these lines could ask to be called Frédéric de Chasteigner.
This name is nobler than Beigbeder, his reputation is less damaged, which would be tempting if I hadn't read
Le bourgeois gentilhomme...
Was it necessary to write a whole book on this story of a disowned surname?
Yes, because Angie David's funny and moving confession tells something completely different.
She makes fun of his paranoia: “Motard” is not that difficult to assume, except in a demonstration against global warming…
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