Passages tells Chris McNickle's story in the authentic voice of a native New Yorker. An idyllic childhood turned tragic when his father died of colon cancer, chronic mental illness seized his mother, and a brother took to drug dealing to support a heroin habit. In beautiful prose that captures the emotion of the child and teenager who lived through the drama, McNickle describes the heart-ache and hilarity, tears and triumphs of his life. He relates...