You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris - ISBN: 9781784705282
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Loss, love, and resilience: A father’s defiant stand against hate.

You Will Not Have My Hate

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    2 January 2018

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Summary

The international bestseller - a heartbreaking, inspiring memoir about a man and his baby son dealing with unbearable loss.

‘A beacon of hope in a dark world.’

One night in November 2015, when Antoine Leiris was at home looking after his baby son, his wife Helene was killed, along with 88 other people, at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris. Three days later, Antoine wrote an open letter to his wife’s killers on Facebook. He refused to be cowed or to let his baby son’s life be defin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784705282
ISBN-10:1784705284
Author:Antoine Leiris, Sam Taylor
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:2 January 2018
Weight:106g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 10mm
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Critics Review

A blazingly beautiful memoir… A glimmer of hope in the dark .

A blazingly beautiful memoir… A glimmer of hope in the dark. – Rachel Joyce * Observer, Books of the Year *
A blazingly beautiful memoir… A glimmer of hope in the dark. – Rachel Joyce * Observer, Books of the Year *
A beacon of hope in a dark world – Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Pool *
An astonishing feat… I defy anyone not to shed tears at least once when reading this book. * Sunday Times *
A book of exceptional grace…the most extraordinary account of an emotional journey * Observer *
An extraordinary read, honest, intimate and lightly poetic. It is a testament of love, loss and grief and also the often untold story of those who are left behind and must find a way to go on * Irish Independent *
A book for our times – Mark Lawson * Guardian, Books of the Year *
Defiant and powerful…Leiris shows us, poignantly and movingly, how the absence of Helene opens up for him and his son. * The Times *
Incredible, informative, very powerful… Beautifully written… I felt so touched by it and changed by it, so I thank you for writing it. I hope it finds a huge audience. I can’t recommend it highly enough… A beautiful piece of work – Jonathan Ross * Radio 2 Arts Show *
One of the most enduring and memorable messages after the deadly attack on Paris’s Bataclan theater was written by journalist Antoine Leiris. This bracing, courageous, and utterly beautiful book shows us that he had much more to say * Elle.com *

About The Author

Antoine Leiris

Antoine Leiris (Author)

A former cultural commentator for France Info and France Bleu, Antoine Leiris is a journalist working in Paris. His first book, You Will Not Have My Hate, told the story of his wife’s death in the Bataclan terrorist attack and how he and his baby son coped in the weeks after her murder.

Sam Taylor (Translator)

Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than 60 books from French including Laurent Binet’s HHhH and Leila Slimani’s Lullaby.

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