The Small Book: On Addiction, Shame, Grief, Sex, Love, and the Strange Art of Living With Yourself

What does recovery even mean?

The Small Book gathers stories from the margins of darkness: mental illness, love, sex, debt, sobriety, inadequacy, loneliness, grief, and the long shadows that follow us forever - long enough to become our closest companions.

What happens in the coldest, darkest-bird hours after you relapse and abandon your family in favor of a bar and your mistress? When do you stop being terrorized by your newfound clarity after your wife disintegrates from a rare form of ca...