Karen
A mixture of a memoir of the author growing up grieving her father, an artist and heroin addict, who died when she was an adolescent, and a journalistic investigation of her father through his relationships with friends and family members, and his art. This book is heart wrenching, but also a very beautiful and brave attempt to come to terms with complicated love and grief.
The text is illustrated with black and white photos of the art of Joseph Schactman and family photos of the author with her mother and father.
A mixture of a memoir of the author growing up grieving her father, an artist and heroin addict, who died when she was an adolescent, and a journalistic investigation of her father through his relationships with friends and family members, and his art. This book is heart wrenching, but also a very beautiful and brave attempt to come to terms with complicated love and grief.
The text is illustrated with black and white photos of the art of Joseph Schactman and family photos of the author with her mother and father.