Half a Life by Strauss, Darin - 2010

San Francisco, CA: McSweeney's. As New in As New dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. This true story begins "Half my life ago, I killed a girl. " An outing in his father's car resulted in the death of a classmate and the beginning of a different, darker life for the author. Strauss brings us through the collision, funeral, the queasy drama of a high-stakes court case - and what starts as a tragic event opens into the story of how to live with a very hard fact: We can try our human best and it might not be good enough. He writes a nakedly honest, ultimately hopeful examination of guilt, responsibility, and living with the past.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .