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A review by jodiwilldare
All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir by Erin Lee Carr
4.0
I have a soft spot for David Carr, who died in 2015, because he once told me I write like an angel.
Carr’s memoir does not sugarcoat anything — she shows her dad how she saw him, lumps and all. They fight, they makeup, sometimes she’s a sullen brat and sometimes he’s an unreasonable hardass. They both struggle with addictions and how those addictions didn’t always make them their best selves.
But through it all you can tell Carr not only loved her dad, but she admired him as a mentor (Carr is a documentarian who made the excellent “Mommy Dead and Dearest“). What I love about this one was not just how beautifully David Carr expressed his love for his daughter, but the smart advice he gave her when it came to her career.
More than a few tears were shed in this one, especially when she talked about how she and her dad bonded through music.
Carr’s memoir does not sugarcoat anything — she shows her dad how she saw him, lumps and all. They fight, they makeup, sometimes she’s a sullen brat and sometimes he’s an unreasonable hardass. They both struggle with addictions and how those addictions didn’t always make them their best selves.
But through it all you can tell Carr not only loved her dad, but she admired him as a mentor (Carr is a documentarian who made the excellent “Mommy Dead and Dearest“). What I love about this one was not just how beautifully David Carr expressed his love for his daughter, but the smart advice he gave her when it came to her career.
More than a few tears were shed in this one, especially when she talked about how she and her dad bonded through music.