Letters from East of Nowhere : Eclectic Content Publishing : 9798987908211 : 18 Jun 2023 : "My father's mugshots are strewn all over the internet..." For fans of The Glass Castle and Lit, comes author F. Kennerly Clay's personal story, a hippie culture memoir about an unconventional, alcoholic upbringing. So begins this gritty and intimate memoir that unveils the unmistakable, indelible love between a woman and the father she knows almost entirely from a cache of letters sent from a lifetime on the road. Letters from East of Nowhere is a deeply personal tale about the consequences of a life free of commitments against a backdrop of wandering, music, and overindulgence. It was the free-spirited lifestyle romanticized in Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road that beckoned to Kennerly Clay's father, which also led him to a lifetime of failed relationships, mishaps with the law, and a never-ending struggle with alcoholism. Aside from booze, his only constant was a passion for the writt