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A Look Inside Lessons and Carols

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Lessons and Carols is a genre-bending memoir that explores the aftershocks of alcoholism and mental illness through a fresh look at the powers of poetry, ritual, and community. As a new parent, West grapples with his own fragmented recovery and grief for the friends he lost to addiction, asking if anyone can really change, or if we are always bound to repeat the past.

Echoing the form of a traditional Anglican Christmas service of stories and songs, West’s lyrical prose invites readers into an unorthodox rendition of the liturgy called Lessons and Carols.

Read an excerpt from West’s unique memoir, Lessons and Carols below.


PROLOGUE

The past unfolds into the present like a flower opening its petals, revealing its gold-dusted …

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