Pour ne plus vivre sur la planète TAIRE

Jacques Salomé (and all his books)

Human communication is at the heart of all existence, it is the lifeblood of the living world. It helps us weave possibilities and connect with the rest of the universe. It seems more than ever necessary and vital, today and even more so in the future, to give ourselves the means of learning the art of communication and sharing. To learn to mutually receive without violence, to amplify oneself without depriving ourselves, to propose to ourselves. […] was stopped by armed men who surrounded my bed. They were coming to get me to kill me. My story began on that night.” B. C. Boris Cyrulnik tells the details of his moving story for the first time. In his book, the emotion of a survivor blends with a writer’s tale, a tragic story blends with the shaping of memory, the intimate recounting of a childhood destroyed by war exalts the desire to overcome unhappiness and answer the call of life. Each chapter is supported by reading notes that explain and flesh out the story. Practical, pragmatic, and without any ready-made recipes or judgments, this booklet will help every family identify its failings, as well as recognise its assets. The revised 2017 edition has been enriched with a new chapter on self-esteem, an essential notion in the journey and future of adopted children. […] understand how and why she found herself there. This dying voice punctuates Yanick Lahens’s family saga, summoning the three generations that came before the young woman to solve the double mystery of her attack and her identity. The Lafleur have always lived in Anse Bleue, a Haitian village where earth and water blend. There are ancient ties between them and the Mésidor, who have become the lords of the area, as well as resentment, which harks back to the days when the Mésidor took hold of any good land. When, at the market, Tertulien Mésidor stops in his tracks in front of Olmène’s stall (from the Lafleur family), the attraction is mutual. Their story about submissive women and predatorial men is told unconventionally. But on an island that is also swept by political storms, rumours about death and terror soon follow. A dark veil falls across Anse Bleue. To tell the story of the new world, one of torn siblings, depredations, political opportunism, Yanick Lahens turns to an age-old choir of peasants, for “those who trust only subterranean powers are not fooled.” Their powerful, magical words give this masterful novel its violent beauty.