Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction

Leave Out the Tragic Parts is a powerful and deeply affecting memoir that delves into the life of Jared Kindred, a young man who chose to wander across America on freight train cars and live on the street, despite his grandfather's unwavering love and support.

Through this ordeal, Dave Kindred's love for his grandson has never wavered, and he asks painful but important questions about the lies we tell to get along and what binds families together or allows them to fracture.

This book is not merely a reflection on love and addiction and loss, but also a hard-won work of reportage that reconstructs Jared's life with meticulous detail.

It is an important book on how to love your family, from a great writer who has lived its lessons.