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:''Thank you for this moment'') is a 2014 best-selling political memoir authored by

Valérie Trierweiler Valérie Trierweiler (; née Massonneau; born 16 February 1965) is a French journalist and author.

, a French journalist and the former partner of French President François Hollande.

Summary

In this political memoir, French journalist Valérie Trierweiler recounts the eighteen months she spent as the romantic partner of French President François Hollande in 2013-2014.Trierweiler publie un livre où se mêlent l'intime et la politique
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'', 03 September 2014 The book mixes the political and the personal. Trierweiler writes that President Hollande "does not like the poor" and calls them "toothless."Andrew Marszal David Chazan
French booksellers refuse to stock Valerie Trierweiler's 'dirty laundry' memoirs
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'', 6 September 2014Ella Alexander
Valerie Trierweiler claims she was drugged with 'astronomical doses of tranquillisers' to prevent her from Francois Hollande affair scandal
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'', 5 September 2014 She also writes about finding out about his affair with French actress

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from the press.Catherine Schwaab
Valérie Trierweiler, "Ma vie avec François"
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'', 03 September 2014AFP
Valérie Trierweiler publie un livre sur sa vie à l'Elysée
''Liberation'', 02 September 2014 She goes on to suggest he kept her on "astronomical" amounts of tranquilizers in hospital shortly after they broke up to make sure she would not make a scene.

Critical reception

In France, the book became a bestseller, selling 200,000 copies during the first week. However, many bookshops refused to sell it, arguing they did not want to be an "outlet for Ms Trierweiler's dirty laundry." In ''

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'', Kim Willsher criticised Trierweiler for publishing the book, asking, "Why would an intelligent, sophisticated woman, and a former political journalist to boot, write a book that causes random harm to so many, including the author, and does such a great disservice to women?"Kim Willsher
Valérie Trierweiler’s book is captivating France – for all the wrong reasons
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'', 6 September 2014 The English version was translated by Clémence Sebag. It was scheduled to be released in the

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. The book has also been translated into Italian, Spanish, Albanian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Vietnamese and Persian. 2 News
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References

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