The Night of the Gun | 
pickI vacillated between being annoyed at Carr's callousness and the misleading title- named for the first chapter while the rest of the book details his battle with addiction. Ever the reporter he revisited family/friends 20 years after his last rehab to conduct interviews that confirm or tear down his previous assumptions about how his addled brain remembered time. By the end I was appreciative of his overt self-awareness and return from the edge.
Reusing a photo from a past recommendation for today's memoir pick. Much more than an addiction memoir, it's the story of how memories are made and shaped by circumstance. It really is one of my favorites.
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Addiction memoirs can be tricky; too inspirational, too saccharine, too much just a listing of substances and events and people hurt. But not this one. First, David Carr was an amazing writer. Second, he doesn't examine his addictions so much as the memory of it, his and those around him. This is really much more about how we create and store and relive memories. Absolutely one of my favorite books, top ten at least.
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This is a cool article about a super-awesome, heavy book by/about an AMAZING journalist. https://contently.com/strategist/2016/06/08/every-young-writer-should-read-night...
