From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a
memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and
of one woman's attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past.
After
selling her first novel--a dream she'd worked long and hard
for--Stephanie Danler knew she should be happy. Instead, she found
herself driven to face the difficult past she'd left behind a decade
ago: a mother disabled by years of alcoholism, further handicapped by a
tragic brain aneurysm; a father who abandoned the family when she was
three, now a meth addict in and out of recovery. After years in New York
City she's pulled home to Southern California by forces she doesn't
totally understand, haunted by questions of legacy and trauma. Here, she
works toward answers, uncovering hard truths about her parents and
herself as she explores whether it's possible to change the course of
her history.
Stray is a moving, sometimes devastating,
brilliantly written and ultimately inspiring exploration of the
landscapes of damage and survival.
