Fade to White: A Memoir

Throughout the last fifty years, author Edward Nichols has spent much of his interior life consumed with attempts to fill in the blanks and contradictions in his family history, especially the status of his father, who left the family in 1943. In Fade to White, Nichols shares his personal and family history against the backdrop of his father’s disappearance and how it affected every aspect of his life. For years, no one knew if Nichols’ father was dead or alive. This memoir follows Nichols’...