Michael HaineyVezi magazinul Libris- 2 stele, bazat pe 1 voturi
This haunting story of a son's quest to understand the mystery of his father's death is searing and unforgettable.
memoir writing at its best ( San Francisco Chronicle )--a powerfully affecting ( O, The Oprah Magazine ) portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets.
Family? Secrets? Sometimes I think they are the same thing.
So writes Michael Hainey in this unforgettable story of a son's search to discover the decades-old truth about his father's mysterious death.
Hainey was a boy of six when his father, a bright and shining star in the glamorous, hard-living world of 1960s Chicago newspapers, died under mysterious circumstances.
His tragic absence left behind not only a young widow and two small sons but questions about family and truth that would obsess Michael for decades.
Years later, Michael undertakes a risky journey to uncover the true story about what happened to his father.
Prodding reluctant relatives and working through a network of his father's old colleagues, Michael begins to reconcile the father he lost with the one he comes to know.
At the heart of his quest is his mother, a woman of courage and tenacity--and a steely determination to press on with her life.
A universal story of love and loss and the resilience of family in the face of hardship, After Visiting Friends is the account of a son who goes searching for his father, and in the journey discovers new love and admiration for his mother.
