The Tell: A Memoir

How did it go?” John had become interested in psychedelic-assisted therapy, reading every piece of literature he could and eventually funding research into the subject. His mother was a theater critic with a late-night radio show, he explained; his father would accompany her, because she worked in an era when married women couldn’t be out alone at 11:00 p.m. after reviewing a play. No matter how ugly the truth was, it was better to be able to examine it under the light than to keep it tucked away in the basement. To return to this fundamental truth, no matter how many times it takes.