so-soWhen the author was 18 he killed a girl from his high school in a car accident.It was not his fault,he was neither drunk nor driving recklessly,it was bad luck.This book is his account of “half a life” lived with guilt&he tries to be honest&vulnerable.Even though he writes with sincerity,I couldn‘t connect with him,with what happened&neither with the victim.I‘m not sure if it‘s the writing or because of the trauma, but it feels cold&disconnected.
"Things don't go away. They become you."
High school senior Darin Strauss was driving through town when a younger classmate of his darted out on her bike, smashed into his windshield, was thrown into a median and died within minutes. This memoir not only tells this important story, but he's able to elaborate delicately and wisely his traumatic stress as well as the others who are affected by the tragedy. Can't stop thinking about it. Stunning.
Loving the writing in Darin Strauss's HALF A LIFE. Like this, describing the feeling of having a newborn baby: "...sleep was a coating I'd been deprived of, leaving my wiring all exposed." YES.
Half a Life: A Memoir | 
