Dear William : a father's memoir of addiction, recovery, love, and loss
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Published
Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, [2021].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781953295682, 1953295681
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Arvin A. Brown Library - New Materials Area | BIO MAGEE | On Shelf |
Bent Northrop Memorial Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 362.29 MAG | On Shelf |
Brown Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | B Magee | On Shelf |
Brownell Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 362.29 MAG | On Shelf |
Burnham Memorial Library - Adult Biography | BIO Magee | On Shelf |
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Published
Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, [2021].
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781953295682, 1953295681
Notes
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The last time David Magee saw his son alive, William told him to write their family’s story in the hopes of helping others. Days later, David found William dead from an accidental drug overdose.
With honesty and heart, Magee shares his family’s intergenerational struggle with substance abuse and mental health issues, as well as his own reckoning with family secrets—confronting the dark truth about the adoptive parents who raised him and a decades-long search for identity. He wrestles with personal substance misuse that began at a young age and, as a father, he sees destructive patterns repeat and develop within his own children. While striving to find a truly authentic voice as a writer despite authoring nearly a dozen previous books, Magee ultimately understands that William had been right and their own family’s history is the story he needs to tell.
A poignant and uplifting message of hope translates unimaginable tragedy into an inspirational commitment to saving others, as David founded the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi. His mission to share solutions to self-medication and addiction, particularly as it touches America’s high school and college students, emphasizes that William’s story is about much more than a tragic addiction—it’s an American story of a family broken by loss and remade with love.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Magee, D. (2021). Dear William: a father's memoir of addiction, recovery, love, and loss . BenBella Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Magee, David, 1965-. 2021. Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss. BenBella Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Magee, David, 1965-. Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss BenBella Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Magee, David. Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss BenBella Books, 2021.
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