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Half a Life

A Memoir

A Memoir

A Memoir

By Darin Strauss

By Darin Strauss

By Darin Strauss

By Darin Strauss

By Darin Strauss
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By Darin Strauss
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May 31, 2011 | ISBN 9780812982534

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May 31, 2011 | ISBN 9780679643821

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Sep 13, 2011 | 188 Minutes

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    About Half a Life

    In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad’s Oldsmobile, driving with friends, heading off to play mini-golf. Then: a classmate swerved in front of his car. The collision resulted in her death. With piercing insight and stark prose, Darin Strauss leads us on a deeply personal, immediate, and emotional journey—graduating high school, going away to college, starting his writing career, falling in love with his future wife, becoming a father. Along the way, he takes a hard look at loss and guilt, maturity and accountability, hope and, at last, acceptance. The result is a staggering, uplifting tour de force.

    Look for special features inside, including an interview with Colum McCann.

    About Half a Life

    In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad’s Oldsmobile, driving with friends, heading off to play mini-golf. Then: a classmate swerved in front of his car. The collision resulted in her death. With piercing insight and stark prose, Darin Strauss leads us on a deeply personal, immediate, and emotional journey—graduating high school, going away to college, starting his writing career, falling in love with his future wife, becoming a father. Along the way, he takes a hard look at loss and guilt, maturity and accountability, hope and, at last, acceptance. The result is a staggering, uplifting tour de force.

    Look for special features inside, including an interview with Colum McCann.

    About Half a Life

    In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad’s Oldsmobile, driving with friends, heading off to play mini-golf. Then: a classmate swerved in front of his car. The collision resulted in her death. With piercing insight and stark prose, Darin Strauss leads us on a deeply personal, immediate, and emotional journey—graduating high school, going away to college, starting his writing career, falling in love with his future wife, becoming a father. Along the way, he takes a hard look at loss and guilt, maturity and accountability, hope and, at last, acceptance. The result is a staggering, uplifting tour de force.

    Look for special features inside, including an interview with Colum McCann.

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    About Darin Strauss

    Darin Strauss is the bestselling author of several books. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing and numerous other awards, Strauss has seen his work translated into fourteen languages and published in more than twenty countries. He is a… More about Darin Strauss

    About Darin Strauss

    Darin Strauss is the bestselling author of several books. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing and numerous other awards, Strauss has seen his work translated into fourteen languages and published in more than twenty countries. He is a… More about Darin Strauss

    About Darin Strauss

    Darin Strauss is the bestselling author of several books. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing and numerous other awards, Strauss has seen his work translated into fourteen languages and published in more than twenty countries. He is a… More about Darin Strauss

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    May 31, 2011 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812982534

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Random House
    May 31, 2011 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780679643821

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 13, 2011 | 188 Minutes | ISBN 9780307988607
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    Praise

    “Elegant, painful, stunningly honest . . . huge [and] heartbreaking.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Darin Strauss has spent a good part of his adult life reliving, regretting and reflecting on a single, split-second incident. Half a Life is a starkly honest account of that fateful moment and his life thereafter . . . penetrating, thought-provoking.”—The Washington Post

    “A book that inspires admiration, sentence by sentence . . . This is a memoir in its finest form, a fully imagined and bittersweet book that transcends a single misstep.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Painfully raw and beautifully written.”—Los Angeles Times

    “A remarkable, beyond-brave memoir.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
     
    “Lyrical and haunting.”—San Francisco Chronicle
     
    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE PLAIN DEALER

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