Tell the Kids I Love Them

"As a boy, a reporter, and now an author, Jeremy Redmon has braved violence and its ugly aftermath. On a search to render meaning from those inheritances, Redmon has written the rawest, truest, and most generous of stories"—John T. Edge, writer and host of TrueSouth, author of House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home

"Redmon's often-harrowing memoir about living with his father's suicide is extremely moving. He writes with bravery, honesty, and grace, but the best word to describe this memoir is sincere. I came away changed."—Mary V. Dearborn, author of Hemingway: A Biography

"With clear, precise prose Redmon takes us to war-torn Iraq, Little League lacrosse fields, marriage, and fatherhood all in an attempt to discover something of his father's journey from celebrated Vietnam era–US airman to suicide in a cheap hotel room. What he learns contains lessons for us all."—Lolis Eric Elie, co-producer and writer for Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

"I could speak at great length about the honesty and deep feeling of Jeremy Redmon's Tell the Kids I Love Them. But I would rather just tell you to open it and read, for all that makes it such a beautiful book—its love, pain, grief, and hope—is baked into every sentence, from first to last."—Tom Junod, author of In The Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man