Four Days and a Year Later, Barry Friedman
Four Days and a Year Later, Barry Friedman
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Four Days and a Year Later

Author: Barry Friedman

Narrator: Barry Friedman

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Balkan Press

Published: 11/29/2019


Synopsis

He endured every parent’s worst nightmare.When writer-comedian Barry Friedman’s son died from a drug overdose one Friday morning, Barry was devastated—but not surprised. Paul’s death had been in dress rehearsal for years. The world alternately froze and galloped after Paul was found face-down in his room. Barry had to find a way to continue, to reject magical thinking and forge a meaningful path for the future. During the following four days, Barry dealt not only with his crushing grief but also incidents ranging from the ridiculous to the profound. What follows is not a eulogy but an elegy for the son he loved but knew he would lose. Barry writes with passion and pain about how to survive the worst life has to offer--and go on living."It's a wonderful book. This is a haunting, achingly honest account of an experience every parent fears more than any other--the death of a child. Barry Friedman is a superb writer; this compelling, compulsively readable book will stay with you long after you finish it." --Dave Barry, Pulitzer-Prize winning writer"Told in sharp shards and jagged pieces that create a riveting and inevitable narrative flow, Four Days and a Year Later is brief, powerful, despairing, and yet ultimately, a hopeful expression of what it means to be human." --William Martin, NYTimes-bestselling author of The Lincoln Letter

About Barry Friedman

Barry Friedman is the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and the director of the Policing Project. For thirty years, he has taught, written about, and litigated issues of constitutional law and criminal procedure. He is the author of The Will of the People. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and the New Republic, among other publications. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Grant

Barry Friedman does us, his readers, a favor. He eases us in, cushions the blow, breaks the waves of an experience no one should ever have to endure: the loss of a child. Four Days and a Year Later follows the story of a father’s thought process, family squabbles, and tough decisions starting the da......more

Goodreads review by Judy

"Four Days and a Year Later: an Elegy" by professional comic/political blogger, Barry Friedman is a work of unparalleled grief, sadness, and regret. This is a story of the death of a child. Paul Friedman was 24 years old when he died of a drug overdose in his bedroom of his mother's house 11 years ag......more

Goodreads review by Carole

Very unique read. Almost "stream of consciousness" thoughts of a father whose son has just died from a drug overdose. A fascinating glimpse into the stages of grief and guilt and confusion that occur in the 4 days that span from Paul's death until the end of his service. And then one chapter written......more