Erin Lee Carr is ready to tell her story.

Read on below.All That You Leave Behindpublishes April 9, 2019 and isavailable for pre-order.

We were going to be strong readers, come hell or high water.

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In my ongoing obsession, I compiled a list of hundreds of movies to discuss with my dad.

If they were rated R he had to determine whether my fourteen-year-old brain could handle it.

I loved spending time with him in this way.

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FromCity of GodtoDonnie Darkoto an ill-advised screening of Stephen Frear’sThe Grifters, movies were our thing.

Excerpted from All That You Leave Behind by Erin Lee Carr.

Copyright 2019 by Erin Lee Carr.

No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher

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