Life, After
  • Published: 3 February 2022
  • ISBN: 9781473583757
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

Life, After

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A moving account of single fatherhood in the wake of bereavement, by the author of the international bestseller You Will Not Have My Hate

'A beacon of hope in a dark world' Cathy Rentzenbrink, on international bestseller You Will Not Have My Hate

A moving account of single fatherhood in the wake of bereavement.

When Antoine Leiris lost his wife, Hélène, in a terrorist attack in Paris, he was left to care for their baby alone. In this wry and honest book Antoine talks about how they have both fared since that terrible day.

Grief is a succession of transformations. Four years later, I am no longer the same man. The same is true for Melvil. He isn't a baby anymore, but a happy little boy.

Life, After follows a single father learning how to create a happy home for his son. From imagining the reviews he might receive as a parent, to dealing with the complicated emotions that arise around a new relationship and talking to children about bereavement, Antoine charts the course of their life together with remarkable humour and self-awareness.

At times heartbreaking and at times vibrating with the joy of the companionship of a lively little boy, Life, After finds a way to answer the question 'How can I go on?'

That is when it begins. Life, after.
  • Published: 3 February 2022
  • ISBN: 9781473583757
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192
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About the author

Antoine Leiris

A former cultural commentator for France Info and France Bleu, Antoine Leiris is a journalist in Paris. You Will Not Have My Hate is his first book.

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Praise for Life, After

An astonishing feat... I defy anyone not to shed tears at least once when reading this book

Sunday Times, on You Will Not Have My Hate

A book for our times

Guardian, on You Will Not Have My Hate

Heartbreaking and beautifully written

Daily Mail on You Will Not Have My Hate

Defiant and powerful

The Times on You Will Not Have My Hate

Extraordinarily moving

Mirror on You Will Not Have My Hate

A figure of hope...the portrayal of an everyday struggle to come to terms with loss and with single-parenthood.

The Times

Powerful and revealing... a heartbreaking study in the unconscious denial that so often attends traumatic loss

Matt Rowland Hill, Guardian