{"product_id":"someday-we-wont-remember-this-a-forensic-memoir-of-my-fathers-secrets-paperback","title":"Someday We Won't Remember This: A Forensic Memoir of My Father's Secrets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoc McLemore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"My dad tried to kill my mom,\" I told him. . . . though I didn't know what happened, I knew that he had wanted her dead.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDoc McLemore's earliest memory is of their father, Don, having a seizure when they were three. But Don McLemore wasn't even home at the time when the seizure reportedly happened. He was locked up in an Oregon mental hospital. Despite denials from both parents, their recollection of the seizure persisted, along with nightmares of Don trying to murder them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSomeday We Won't Remember This\u003c\/i\u003e, Doc McLemore crafts an investigation into their father, a man hurled screaming from the South only to wander toward an erratic life in Oregon. Collecting shreds of information--medical records, court documents, interviews, journal entries, personal memories, and photographs--McLemore collages together each version of the story they thought they knew. What results is a decoupage of illness, poverty, and moments of humor, despite everything: McLemore serenades a cowboy who sits on horseback in his underwear as the inebriated Don threatens McLemore's husband-to-be, John, with a knife and then gifts the weapon to John as an act of reconciliation. After not speaking for years, McLemore and their half-sibling, drunk and stoned, get the same corny tattoo their father bears on his chest, though the two sidestep any acknowledgment of their shared trauma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcLemore portrays a father whose love and violence live in equal measure, while unpacking their own marriage, trans identity, and struggle with addiction. \u003ci\u003eSomeday We Won't Remember This \u003c\/i\u003eultimately dares to ask: Between family secrets, missing links, and corrupted memories, how can a child become a whole person?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDoc McLemore\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer who calls Oregon, West Virginia, and New Orleans home. Their work ties together considerations of class, gender, memory, and justice while also trying to find language for how frantically beautiful this misery can be. Their writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSalvation South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Activist History Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sunlight Press\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.99 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52714325967122,"sku":"9781985904743","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/eSx-20yfnM9781985904743.webp?v=1789591855","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/someday-we-wont-remember-this-a-forensic-memoir-of-my-fathers-secrets-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}