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Author Bill Clegg Explores Loss and Recovery in 'Did You Ever Have a Family'

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 (Courtesy Bill Clegg)

Bill Clegg was a successful literary agent who watched his world fall apart through cocaine and alcohol addiction. Clegg detailed that journey in two memoirs. His latest project, a novel, turns the lens away from himself and onto a fictional character who loses her whole family in a house fire. He joins us to talk about loss, starting over and his book, “Did You Ever Have A Family.”

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Bill Clegg, author of "Did You Ever Have a Family" and other books including "Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man" and "Ninety Days"

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