Bibliograph

Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful, a Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss

Type

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Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful, a Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1024280830

Sub title

a Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss

Summary

The space between life and death is a moment. But it will remain alive in me for hundreds of thousands of future moments. One phone call. That's all it took to change Stephanie Wittels Wachs' life forever. Her younger brother Harris, a star in the comedy world known for his work on shows like Parks and Recreation, had died of a heroin overdose. How do you make sense of such a tragic end to a life of so much hilarious brilliance' In beautiful, unsentimental, and surprisingly funny prose, Stephanie Wittels Wachs alternates between her brother's struggle with addiction, which she learned about three days before her wedding, and the first year after his death, in all its emotional devastation. This compelling portrait of a comedic genius and a profound exploration of the love between siblings is A Year of Magical Thinking for a new generation of readers. A heartbreaking but hopeful memoir of addiction, grief, and family, Everything is Horrible and Wonderful will make you laugh, cry, and wonder if that possum on the fence is really your brother's spirit animal

Table Of Contents

Front Cover; Front Flap; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; 01: Day One; 02: Before; 03: Week One; 04: Week Two; 05: Week Three; 06: One Month; 07: Before; 08: Two Months; 09: Before; 10: Three Months; 11: Before; 12: Four Months, Two Weeks, Six Days; 13: Five Months; 14: Before; 15: Five Months, One Week, Two Days; 16: Six Months, One Week; 17: Before; 18: Seven Months; 19: Seven Months, Four Days; 20: Before; 21: Eulogy; 22: Eight Months, Six Days; 23: Nine Months; 24: Nine Months, Six Days; 25: Before; 26: Nine Months, One Week, Four Days; 27: Before; 28: Before; 29: Ten Months, Three Days30: Before31: Ten Months, Five Days; 32: Before; 33: Ten Months, One Week; 34: Ten Months, One Week, Six Days; 35: Ten Months, Two Weeks, Two Days; 36: A Month Before; 37: Eleven Months, Two Weeks, Five Days; 38: A Week Before; 39: Eleven Months, Three Weeks, Six Days; 40: One Year; 41: One Year, One Day; 42: Epilogue; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back Flap; Back Cover

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