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With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, father, husband, minister, and writer.
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A family secret and its lasting influence
Frederick Buechner connects his father’s alcohol abuse and suicide with the course of his own life, considering the secret’s influence across family, ministry, and writing. The book’s autobiographical frame brings private grief into conversation with several roles he inhabited—as son, husband, father, and minister—without separating personal history from the work of making sense of it. At 128 pages, it offers a focused account of how a family experience can reverberate through different parts of a life.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in religious autobiography and personal history
- Those exploring family experiences of alcohol abuse and suicide
- Readers interested in how family history intersects with ministry and writing
Themes
Family secrecyAlcohol abuse and suicideGrief and personal historyFaith and ministryWriting and identity
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