“A tribute, a memoir & a mystery… Heartbreaking & funny.” ―WUNC (North Carolina Public Radio)“Gripping… A story about the difference between the person we present to the world & the person we really are. It’s the gap between those two versions of ourselves that Wallace mines in this warts-and-all love letter to male friendship.”―Atlanta Journal-Constitution°°°In this powerful memoir, the bestselling author ofBig Fishtries to come to terms with the life & death of his multi-talented longtime friend & brother-in-law, who had been his biggest hero & inspiration, in a poignant, lyrical, & moving memoir.If we’re lucky, we all encounter at least one person whose life elevates & inspires our own. For acclaimed novelistDaniel Wallace, he had one hero & inspiration for so much of what followed: his longtime friend & brother-in-lawWilliam Nealy. Seemingly perfect, impossibly cool,WilliamwasJames Dean,Clint Eastwood, &MacGyverall rolled into one, an acclaimed outdoorsman, a famous cartoonist, an accomplished author, a master of all he undertook,Williamwas the ideal thatDanielsought to emulate.But whenWilliamtook his own life atage 48,Danielwas left first grieving, & then furious with the man who broke his & his sister’s hearts. That anger led him to commit a grievous act of his own, a betrayal that took him down a dark path into the tortured recesses ofWilliam’spast. Eventually, a new picture ofWilliamemerged, of a man with too many secrets & too much shame to bear.This Isn’t Going to End WellisDaniel Wallace’sfirst foray intononfiction. Part love story, part true crime, part a desperate search for the self & how little we really can know another,This Isn’t Going to End Welltells an intimate & moving story of what happens when we realize our heroes are human.