After Visiting Friends
“Family? Secrets? Sometimes I think they are one and the same.” So writes Michael Hainey in this unforgettable story of a son’s search to discover the truth about his father’s death, when Hainey was just a boy of six. A universal story of love and loss and the resilience of family in the face of hardship, After Visiting Friends is an unforgettable memoir of a son who went searching for his father, and in the journey discovers new love and admiration for his mother.
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Praise
“A fascinating, honest, and deeply touching story about a father and son, the price of family secrets, and the redemptive power of truth.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Searing and unforgettable. Simply put, this is memoir writing at its best.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“A powerfully affecting memoir.”
— The Oprah Magazine
“Parts of this story stayed with me forever. I finished it in tears.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“I inhaled this story. Everything you want and need in a book.”
— Gabrielle Hamilton, author of Blood, Bones & Butter
“Michael Hainey is a great writer. After Visiting Friends is not only gripping and powerful, but it is impeccably written.”
— David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy
