In 2015, after having long abandoned his days wedded to crack and alcohol, author and acclaimed New York Times journalist David Carr suddenly collapses in the newsroom and dies. This wrenching loss was catalyst for his daughter Erin’s memoir, All That You Leave Behind.
Combining narrative and resurrected emails, she vividly reconstructs their extraordinary bond. “You are a Carr, and that is a complicated, wondrous inheritance,” Erin recalls him telling her. Prophetic words, as she inherited both his light and darkness—writing prowess and predisposition to addiction. Yet, like her father, the daughter also rises. This warts-and-all memoir is, at heart, a love song—a paean to parental love and filial devotion. (Ballantine Books)
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Combining narrative and resurrected emails, she vividly reconstructs their extraordinary bond. “You are a Carr, and that is a complicated, wondrous inheritance,” Erin recalls him telling her. Prophetic words, as she inherited both his light and darkness—writing prowess and predisposition to addiction. Yet, like her father, the daughter also rises. This warts-and-all memoir is, at heart, a love song—a paean to parental love and filial devotion. (Ballantine Books)
Published: NYCityWoman.com