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The Autumn Balloon
The Autumn Balloon | Kenny Porpora
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows every night in front of the television, where her love of Regis Philbin provided a respite from the sadness around her. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother absconded with him and his beloved dog and fled for the Arizona desert, joining her heroin-addicted brother on a quixotic search for a better life. What followed was an outlaw adolescence spent in constant upheaval surrounded by bizarre characters and drug-addicted souls. In the wake of unspeakable loss, Kenny convinced a college to take a chance on him, and turned to the mentors, writers, and poets he found to rebuild the family he lost, and eventually graduated from the Ivy League with a new life. Porpora's memoir is the story of a deeply dysfunctional but loving family, and follows his life from the chaos of his youth to his triumphs in the Ivy League. At times darkly comic, at times elegiac, The Autumn Balloon is a beautifully written testament to the irreplaceable bonds of family, even under the most trying circumstances, and one that marks the debut of an exciting new writer.
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TheLudicReader
The Autumn Balloon | Kenny Porpora
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Damn you, Book Outlet. Sorry. Not sorry.

TrishB Great haul 👍🏻 7y
CouronneDhiver I have that Ice Cream Star one too! Haven‘t read it yet though 7y
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Robothugs
The Autumn Balloon | Kenny Porpora
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Every Autumn, Kenny‘s mother would scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky. One for each family member lost to addiction. #HistorySticksToYourFeet #TuneIntoNovember

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Cinfhen Sounds good! Is it YA?!? 7y
Cinfhen Oooh, it's NF!!!! Stacked 7y
Robothugs It‘s really good! I hope you like it! @Cinfhen 7y
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Robothugs
The Autumn Balloon | Kenny Porpora
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My cover of this book has a red and yellow balloon on it. However, because I thought it was funny, I chose this photo instead... here is your #BalloonsConfettiStreamers (or something like streamers) all in one! #GypsyKatsBirthdayWeek

GypsyKat Haha! Wow! That's so perfect! 😆🎊🎉🎈 7y
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Robothugs
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Pickpick

This was such a poignant story. I could identify with some of the things Kenny has gone through in his life, and feeling like you are an adult long before you should due to circumstances out of your control. This is a memoir, a story of addictions, death, the impact it can have on you, and to persevere despite the odds you feel are stacked against you.