Darling, I'm Going to Charlie
A Memoir
Maryse Wolinski
- An
- elegant,
- deeply
- felt
- memoir
- from
- Maryse
- Wolinski—journalist
- and
- widow
- of
- the
- late
- cartoonist
- Georges
- Wolinski,
- who
- died
- in
- the
- terrorist
- attack
- on
- the
- French
- satirical
- magazine
- *Charlie
- Hebdo—*that
- is
- both
- a
- beautiful
- tribute
- to
- her
- late
- husband
- and
- a
- rallying
- call
- to
- action.“Darling,
- I’m
- going
- to
- Charlie.”These
- were
- the
- last
- words
- that
- prolific
- satirical
- cartoonist
- Georges
- Wolinski
- said
- to
- his
- wife,
- Maryse,
- as
- he
- left
- for
- work.
- Two
- hours
- later,
- terrorists
- barged
- into
- the
- Paris
- offices
- of
- the
- Charlie
- Hebdo
- magazine,
- fatally
- shooting
- him
- and
- eleven
- others.Maryse
- remembers
- her
- marriage
- to
- Georges—forty-seven
- years
- of
- love
- and
- devotion—and
- the
- swift,
- cruel
- manner
- in
- which
- she
- lost
- him.
- From
- her
- grief
- comes
- a
- demand
- for
- answers
- as
- she
- investigates
- the
- failings
- of
- the
- French
- government
- in
- their
- security
- measures,
- especially
- when
- another
- terrorist
- attack
- occurs
- just
- eight
- months
- later.
- A
- celebrated
- journalist
- in
- her
- own
- right,
- Maryse
- writes
- with
- both
- clarity
- and
- authority,
- all
- the
- while
- exploring
- what
- made
- her
- relationship
- with
- Georges
- so
- singularly
- strong.Darling,
- I’m
- Going
- to
- Charlie
- is
- not
- only
- one
- woman’s
- beautiful
- tribute
- to
- her
- late
- husband,
- but
- also
- a
- stunning,
- courageous
- testimony
- and
- inspiring
- call
- for change.
