The space between lifestyle and loss of life is an instant.

But it will stay alive in me personally for hundreds of thousands of future moments.

One telephone call. That’s all it had taken to change Stephanie Wittels Wachs’s life forever .

Her younger brother Harris, a star in the comedy world known for his work on shows like Parks and Recreation, had died of a heroin overdose. How will you make sense of such a tragic end to a existence of so much hilarious brilliance?

In gorgeous, unsentimental, and surprisingly funny prose, Stephanie Wittels Wachs alternates between her brother’s struggle with addiction, which she learned all about three days before her wedding ceremony, and the initial year after his death, in every its psychological devastation. This compelling family portrait of a comedic genius and a profound exploration of the like between siblings may be the 12 months of Magical Considering for a fresh generation of listeners.

A heartbreaking but hopeful memoir of dependency, grief, and family members, Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful can make you chuckle, cry, and question if that possum within the fence is actually your brother’s soul animal.