My father's house

the long version

"Inspired by The Basketball Diaries, My Father's House is an homage to the sparse lyricism of Bruce Springsteen and the slamming, punchy storytelling of The Ramones. Both raw and humorous, it is a tale of illness and coping, fathers and sons, and the birth of the writer. It explores compulsions and confusion, and how it is we deal with grief, ghosts and our inability to communicate what we feel and think and need despite our every desire to do so. With nods to JFK Jr., Ray Bradbury, Magnolia and all things in between, My Father's House is a journey that begins by asking whether we can ever know death, and along the way shows us that if even if we cannot, it doesn't mean we shouldn't face it, embrace it, run with it and ultimately let it wash over us like a song"--Publisher.