Long Going

"A moving and thought-provoking account of an impossible situation." Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin At 50, Sophie Calon's father was a high-flying lawyer. At 55, he was found dead in Cardiff city centre at Christmas. Meanwhile he had pinballed between tents, homeless shelters, and prison cells. His story is a lesson in how alcoholism can consume a person – and a family. Long Going is a powerful, unflinching memoir that sings with Calon's love for her eccentric, witty fa