Thomas Eric Duncan fiancée Louise Troh lands deal with Weinstein Books to publish memoir
One day after Thomas Eric Duncan’s family settled with Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas for an undisclosed amount of money comes word that the Ebola victim’s fiancée, Louise Troh, has inked a deal with Weinstein Books to write a memoir.
The tome still has no title, but according to a press release dispatched from Manhattan this morning, it will “be an exclusive in-depth account of Louise Troh’s long journey from Liberia to America and the decades-long love story that was stopped short by a deadly epidemic.” On October 8, Duncan became the first person to die of Ebola in the United States.
“The love of my life and the father of my son came to America to marry me,” says Troh in the release. “It was supposed to be the first happy day of a new life of joy for us all. But before we could make our new family, he died a terrible death in a quarantined room. I am writing this book to tell people about Eric, about our love story, about our family and about my faith that has been tested but not broken.”
Weinstein Books is the publishing offshoot of The Weinstein Company, so named for brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein — founders of Miramax Films, once regarded as the preeminent distributor of independent movies. During its five-year existence it has published memoirs penned by the likes of Joe Pantoliano, the late Tim Russert, Larry King, Sally Kellerman and Raquel Welch.
“This is a heartbreaking, emotional family story,” says Harvey Weinstein in this morning’s release. “Spanning continents and decades, Louise shows faith and grace through it all.”