num_pages: 224
description: "McGovern's story is riveting as he investigates his daughter's life, reads her anguished and accusatory diaries, interviews her friends and doctors, sifts through the sordid police and medical records... a family drama of love and loss."— New York TimesRarely has a public figure addressed such difficult, intimate issues with such courage and bravery. In a moving, passionate memoir, former Senator George McGovern recalls the events leading up to his daughter Terry's death as a result of alcoholism. What McGovern learned from Terry is an unforgettable, poignant tale certain to engender controversy and compassion.
language: English
title: Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism
titlecomplete: Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism
characters: George McGovern
genres: Memoir, Mental Health, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 420
publisher: Plume