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Today is Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada.
We remember those we have lost.
We honor those taken from us by the residential school system and we honor those who survived, their families and communities.
We will never forget and we will carry them with us.
![His speech therapist, Sandrine Fichou,[4] arranged a 26-letter alphabet according to the frequency of use[9][10] so he could dictate. Claude Mendibil, a ghostwriter and freelance book editor, was sent by his publisher Robert Laffont to take the dictation using a system called partner-assisted scanning. She recited the alphabet until Bauby blinked at the correct letter, and recorded the 130-page manuscript letter by letter over the course of two months, working three hours a day, seven days a week.[10]
The resulting book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was published on Friday, 7 March 1997.[11] It went on to become a number one bestseller across Europe and its total sales are](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:atni5fzv5e7ly35x7md2k4cs/bafkreicg6cykeay2xerknqi57stpk3kfxutlqfsoxq72yvphd6qrscsjay)