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All That You Leave Behind A Memoir
Author: Erin Lee Carr

An acclaimed documentary filmmaker comes to terms with her larger-than-life father, the late New York Times journalist David Carr, in this fierce memoir of addiction and sobriety, work and family. — ?A breathtaking read . . . a testimony equal parts love and candor. David would have had it no other way.??Ta-Nehisi Coates, bestselling author of Be... more »tween the World and Me

Dad: What will set you apart is not talent but will and a certain kind of humility. A willingness to let the world show you things that you play back as you grow as an artist. Talent is cheap.

Me: OK I will ponder these things. I am a Carr.

Dad: That should matter quite a bit, actually not the name but the guts of what that name means.

A celebrated journalist, bestselling author (The Night of the Gun), and recovering addict, David Carr was in the prime of his career when he suffered a fatal collapse in the newsroom of The New York Times in 2015. Shattered by his death, his daughter Erin Lee Carr, at age twenty-seven an up-and-coming documentary filmmaker, began combing through the entirety of their shared correspondence?1,936 items in total?in search of comfort and support.

What started as an exercise in grief quickly grew into an active investigation: Did her father?s writings contain the answers to the question of how to move forward in life and work without her biggest champion by her side? How could she fill the space left behind by a man who had come to embody journalistic integrity, rigor, and hard reporting, whose mentorship meant everything not just to her but to the many who served alongside him?

All That You Leave Behind is a poignant coming-of-age story that offers a raw and honest glimpse into the multilayered relationship between a daughter and a father. Through this lens, Erin comes to understand her own workplace missteps, existential crises, and relationship fails. While daughter and father bond over their mutual addictions and challenges with sobriety, it is their powerful sense of work and family that comes to ultimately define them.

This unique combination of Erin Lee Carr?s earnest prose and her father?s meaningful words offers a compelling read that shows us what it means to be vulnerable and lost, supported and found. It is a window into love, with all of its fierceness and frustrations.

?Thank you, Erin, for this beautiful book. Now I am going to steal all of your father?s remarkable advice and tell my kids I thought of it.??Judd Apatow

ISBN-13: 9780399179716
ISBN-10: 0399179712
Publication Date: 4/9/2019
Pages: 256
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Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

3.5 stars, based on 4 ratings

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Rhonda C. (rcravey) reviewed All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir on 10/4/2020 + 8 more book reviews

I really enjoyed this heart told story about a father and a daughter and how they handled life situations. As I started reading this book my own father was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. This book addressed real life issues and real life emotions. It is well written and it seems nothing was held back. I believe everyone will find a bit of themselves somewhere in the book.

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Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
Parenting & Relationships >> Family Relationships >> Twins & Multiples
Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> Death

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