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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
After Visiting Friends

After Visiting Friends

Hainey, Michael

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ISBN10: 1451676611
ISBN13: 9781451676617
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: Feb 18 2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
This haunting memoir 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 journalism, 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 investigation 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.

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