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Author Leiris, Antoine, author.

Title You will not have my hate / Antoine Leiris ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2016.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY LEIRIS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. LEIRIS, A.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B LEIRIS, ANTOINE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO LEIRIS    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY LEIRIS, ANTOINE    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B LEIRIS ANTOINE L    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  364.152 LEI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-LEIRIS LEI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.88 LEI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B LEIRIS, A.    Check Shelf

Description 129 pages : photograph ; 21 cm
Summary A man whose wife was killed in the November 13, 2015 Bataclan Theater attack in Paris, and whose open letter to the killers went viral on Facebook, provides a memoir of how he and his baby son endured after losing the most important woman in their lives.
"#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate." On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris's wife, Helene Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending a rock concert at the Bataclan Theater in Paris, in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Three days later, Leiris wrote an open letter addressed directly to his wife's killers, which he posted on Facebook. He refused to be cowed or to let his seventeen-month-old son's life be defined by Helene's murder. He refused to let the killers have their way:"For as long as he lives, this little boy will insult you with his happiness and freedom." Instantly, that short Facebook post caught fire, and was reported on by newspapers and television stations all over the world. In his determination to honor the memory of his wife, he became an international hero to everyone searching desperately for a way to deal with the horror of the Paris attacks and the grim shadow cast today by the threat of terrorism. Now Leiris tells the full story of his grief and struggle. You Will Not Have My Hate is a remarkable, heartbreaking, and, indeed, beautiful memoir of how he and his baby son, Melvil, endured in the days and weeks after Helene's murder. With absolute emotional courage and openness, he somehow finds a way to answer that impossible question: how can I go on? He visits Helene's body at the morgue, has to tell Melvil that Mommy will not be coming home, and buries the woman he had planned to spend the rest of his life with. Leiris's grief is terrible, but his love for his family is indomitable. This is the rare and unforgettable testimony of a survivor, and a universal message of hope and resilience. Leiris confronts an incomprehensible pain with a humbling generosity and grandeur of spirit. He is a guiding star for us all in these perilous times. His message--hate will be vanquished by love--is eternal"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Leiris, Antoine.
Victims of terrorism -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Terrorism -- France -- Paris -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism victims' families -- France -- Paris.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
Added Author Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.
Added Title Vous n'aurez pas ma haine. English
Other Form: Online version: Leiris, Antoine, author. You will not have my hate New York : Penguin Press, 2016 9780735222144 (DLC) 2016048682
ISBN 9780735222113 (hardback)
0735222118 (hardback)
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