A poignant and beautiful memoir told in essays and graphic shorts about what life looks like twenty years after recovery from addiction-and how to live with the past as a parent, writer, and sober person-from a regular opener for David Sedaris, Cindy House.
Mother Noise opens with Cindy, twenty years into recovery after a heroin addiction, grappling with how to tell her nine-year-old son about her past. She wants him to learn this history from her, not anyone else; but she worries about the effect this truth may have on him. Told in essays and graphic narrative shorts, Mother Noise is a stunning memoir that delves deep into our responsibilities as parents while celebrating the moments of grace and generosity that mark a true friendship-in this case, her benefactor and champion through the years, David Sedaris.
This is a powerful memoir about addiction, motherhood, and Cindy's ongoing effort to reconcile the two. Are we required to...
