My Therapist Says This Grief Journal Is a Good Idea
Andrew Katz
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
“I am writing this grief journal at the repeated advice of my therapist. I’m writing it to myself, as my own reader. I hate readers. Mostly because I hate myself.”
You could say Kyle Jr. grew up in a dysfunctional family. That’d be an understatement. His mother’s wealthy family disinherited her for marrying the working-class Kyle Sr., and she’s never forgiven him (or KJ) for that.
When his father’s suicide turns his life upside down, KJ fills his therapist-recommended grief journal with plenty of sarcasm, excerpts from sweary, punny high-school short stories, and fourth-wall-breaking asides. Through all the bravado and swagger, a portrait emerges of a young man confronting a dark past with genuine compassion and keen insight. He’s determined to reconcile with its legacy–and to survive.
Kundenbewertungen
dysfunctional family coming of age therapy boyhood grief processing trauma dark humor domestic violence bildungsroman disability loss suicide alcoholism abuse addiction recovery toxic relationships epistolary journal growing up narcissism narcissist