Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction

by Dave Kindred

Book Overview

This extraordinary investigation of the death of the author's grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to tell our families and ourselves. Jared Kindred left his home and family at the age of eighteen, choosing to wander across America on freight train cars and live on the street. Addicted to alcohol most of his short life, and withholding the truth from many who loved him, he never found a way to survive. Through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541757068
• ISBN13: 9781541757066
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"