No Contact: Writers on Estrangement

“A landmark work around a theme so prominent—and yet so thoroughly ignored—in modern life.” —Ocean Vuong

A poignant and galvanizing anthology that illuminates the realities and nuances of family estrangement, with pieces by Stephanie Foo, Nick Flynn, Deesha Philyaw, Cheryl Strayed, and others

Estrangement presents an essential existential question: who are we without our family? What kind of person cuts the proverbial umbilical cord and why? And who do we become, once untethered from our kin...