The award-winning author Claire Messud joins Mark Haddon for a discussion of Leaving Home and memoir writing.

Leaving Home is a portrait of the artist both as a child and as an adult. Mark Haddon, author of the celebrated book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, has once again portrayed what it is like to be different and see the world differently—this time, in a work of nonfiction, a full color memoir. Honest and scalpel sharp, his book is about family and much more, including heart surgery, papier mâché, mental breakdown and great white sharks. It’s also about the power of art, in all its varied forms, and coming to terms with the mess of human life. Richly illustrated with images from the author’s childhood, Leaving Home is about escaping a place that never felt like home. Don’t miss hearing from this best-loved British author and his conversation with the award-winning author Claire Messud about this very personal, family-oriented form of writing, documentation, and sharing.