Ex-first lady of France colors in details of an affair

The jilted lover of French President Francois Hollande has written a tell-all book about her days as France's one-time unofficial first lady and of her version of events that led the couple to separate after the president was exposed as having an affair by a French gossip magazine.

The book by Valerie Trierweiler, 49, who separated from Hollande in January, describes how news of the affair pushed her to the edge. She acknowledges that she "cracked" and attempted suicide by trying to overdose on sleeping pills when she learned of Hollande's affair with an actress, Julie Gayet.

While the book, titled "Thank You for This Moment," in many ways merely confirms the outlines of an episode much speculated about in the French news media, it is the first time that a sitting French president has been the object of a "kiss and tell" book.

By Ruchi Singh

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Ex-first lady of France colors in details of an affair

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