![]() ![]() On how Haslett’s own experiences shaped the book: And it does create a tension because it creates a feeling in a family when you’re trying to help the people you love to help you get through something.” It really infuses the moment or the day or that time of your life. “I think anybody who has – and who among us hasn’t at some point – experienced anxiety or feeling low or real depression, it’s not a discreet thing. On the feelings of tension mental illness creates between loved ones: She discovers that he’s been hospitalized with depression and she has this decision to make: should she go forward with this marriage?” ![]() “It is a story of a family that begins really from this mother making a decision when she was in London in the 1960s with her fiancé. “I think the book has a lot of levity in it along with the darkness,” he says. And one very real shared fear.Īt the center of Imagine Me Gone is a dread, a monster, and the terror that it may just be too much to handle.Īdam Haslett wrote Imagine Me Gone, which has been described as “hypnotic,” “anguished,” “troubling,” and “tragic.” Yet also, “precious,” “beautiful,” and “soaring.” Five different sets of perspectives, hopes and dreams. Emily Donahue talks to the author of what’s sure to be one of the biggest novels of the year. Memorial Day is only a few weeks away – that’s the kickoff of the summer reading season. ![]()
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