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"A defining voice for his generation ... Payne is extraordinarily gifted"--Boston Globe. In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, author David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed and flipped over in the road. David's life hit a downward spiral. From a cocktail hour indulgence, his drinking became a full-blown addiction. His career entered a standstill. His marriage disintegrated. He found himself haunted not only by George A.'s death, but also by his brother's manic depression, a condition that overlaid a dark family history of mental illness, alcoholism and suicide, an inherited past that now threatened David's and his children's futures. The only way out, he found, was to write about his brother. Barefoot to Avalon is Payne's earnest and unflinching account of George A. and their boyhood footrace that lasted long into their adulthood, defining their relationship and their lives. As universal as it is intimate, this is an exceptional memoir of brotherhood, of sibling rivalries and sibling love, and of the torments a famil

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Author

Payne, David;Payne, George A

Publisher

Grove;Atlantic, Inc.;Atlantic Monthly Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802191847

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Memoir, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.82 / 5 (330 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13