Finding Fred-A Memoir of Discovery

In a memoir of resilience and grief, Smith chronicles the remarkable discovery of the truth about his father's life and death.

At the age of sixty-two, a lifetime's questioning of self and family stories is brought to conclusion through a remarkable series of events made possible by the internet and a certain serendipity.

Smith has taken the story of his father's untimely death, and woven it into a story of personal and familial struggles to survive in a difficult and often threatening world.

Resilience, strength, and serendipity come together as key elements in a touching story of one man's search for his father, his family and himself.