Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets, Brookland, presents Bill Clegg to discuss his new book Did You Ever Have a Family.
In his acclaimed memoirs, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days, Clegg chronicled his struggle with substance abuse and his laborious efforts to rebuild his career and relationships. His first novel is another powerful study of loss and its aftermath, following June Reid from a disaster that takes the lives of virtually her entire family. In shock, June simply gets in the car and drives. Gradually, both her road trip and her life gain direction and meaning, and the survivors learn more about the loved ones they’ve lost.
Clegg will be in conversation with Elliot Holt, author of You Are One of Them.
This event is part of the Politics & Prose and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Contemporary Fiction Reading Series at Busboys and Poets.
