Terry:

My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism

Rarely 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. of photos.

erry's life after the summer of 1988 was so chaotic— such a mixture of hope and
despair, love and r tment, sobriety and relapses—that it is bewildering to piece
the story together. It is difficult to tell a coherent story about an incoherent life.