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Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather’s Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction
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Author:
Dave Kindred
Publisher:
Perseus Books, PublicAffairs
Date:
February 2, 2021
Dave Kindred's investigation of the death of his grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to tell our families and ourselves.
What The Reviewers Say
An emotional and psychological voyage into the psyche of a grief-stricken grandfather.
This book serves as both an insightful look into the transient world of freewheeling American drifters while also being a vulnerable and open exploration of what it means to be a family watching a loved one struggling with addiction. Kindred’s frequent thoughts of "what if?" will resonate with many..
A veteran sportswriter explores his grandson’s addiction and how he became ''one of those wanderers whose lives are a mystery and a bafflement, an undoable jigsaw puzzle.'.
