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Tragedy plus time : a tragi-comic memoir / by
Adam
Cayton-Holland
.
by
Cayton-Holland
,
Adam
.
Touchstone, 2018.
Call #:
792.76028 C385t
Subjects
Cayton-Holland
,
Adam
.
Cayton-Holland
,
Adam
-- Family.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Suicide victims -- Family relationships -- United States.
Siblings -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781501170164 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Tragedy + time : a tragi-comic memoir
Edition:
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Description:
xi, 236 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Unsentimental, unexpectedly funny, and incredibly honest, Tragedy Plus Time is a love letter to every family that has ever felt messy, complicated, or (even momentarily) magnificent. Meet the Magnificent Cayton-Hollands, a trio of brilliant, acerbic teenagers from Denver, Colorado, who were going to change the world. Anna,
Adam
, and Lydia were taught by their father, a civil rights lawyer, and mother, an investigative journalist, to recognize injustice and have their hearts open to the universe--the good, the bad, the heartbreaking (and, inadvertently, the anxiety-inducing and the obsessive-compulsive disorder-fueling).
Adam
chose to meet life's tough breaks and cruel realities with stand-up comedy; his older sister, Anna, chose law; while their youngest sister, Lydia, struggled to find her place in the world. Beautiful and whip-smart, Lydia was witty, extremely sensitive, fiercely stubborn, and always somewhat haunted. She and
Adam
bonded over comedy from a young age, running skits in their basement and obsessing over episodes of The Simpsons. When
Adam
sank into a deep depression in college, it was Lydia who was able to reach him and pull him out. But years later as
Adam
's career takes off, Lydia's own depression overtakes her, and, though he tries,
Adam
can't return the favor. When she takes her own life, the family is devastated, and
Adam
throws himself into his stand-up, drinking, and rage. He struggles with disturbing memories of Lydia's death and turns to EMDR therapy to treat his post-traumatic stress disorder when he realizes there's a difference between losing and losing it.
Adam
Cayton-Holland
is a tremendously talented writer and comedian, uniquely poised to take readers to the edges of comedy and tragedy, brilliance and madness. Tragedy Plus Time is a revelatory, darkly funny, and poignant tribute to a lost sibling that will have you reaching for the phone to call your brother or sister by the last page."--Dust jacket.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Autobiographies.
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