Holden after & before : love letter for a son lost to overdose / Tara McGuire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuire, Tara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parents of drug addicts--Canada--Biography.

Parents of drug addicts.

Grief.

Children--Death.

Children.

Drugs--Overdose.

Drugs.

Drug Overdose.

grief.

McGuire, Tara.

McGuire, Holden--Death and burial.

McGuire, Holden.

Canada.

Medical Subjects:

Grief.

Drug Overdose.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

381 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Holden after and before

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2022]

Summary:

"A mother's beautiful elegy to her son lost to overdose Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same vein as Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk, a stunning book that traces Tara McGuire's excavation and documentation of the life path of her son, Holden, a graffiti artist who died of an accidental opioid overdose at the age of twenty-one. Beginning with Holden's death and leaping through time and space, McGuire employs fact, investigation, memory, fantasy, and even fabrication in her search for understanding--not only of her son's tragic death, but also of his beautiful life. She navigates and writes across the many blank spaces to form a story of discovery and humanity, examining themes of grief, pain, mental illness, trauma, creative expression, identity, and deep, unending love inside just one of the thousands of deaths that have occurred as a result of the opioid crisis. With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: McGuire, Tara. Holden after & before.

ISBN:

1551528932

9781551528939

OCLC:

1294921313

Publisher Number:

99992524328