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description: #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--
language: English
title: You Will Not Have My Hate
publisher: Penguin Press