Ivan Maisel Wants To Tell You About His Son Max

Ivan Maisel’s words have been available to the general public for
decades. It’s just that those words have tended to be about
what’s happening with the Crimson Tide’s offense or who got the
head coach job at UCLA. And although his work as a college
football reporter is important to him, Ivan’s writing about his
late son, Max Maisel, goes infinitely deeper.


Max died by suicide in 2015. Max’s death, and more so his life,
are the subject of I Keep Trying To Catch His Eye, Ivan Maisel’s
new memoir. Ivan has decided to be very open about everything
including Max’s neurodivergence, his depression, the weight of
grief and guilt that followed his death, and the conscious effort
to move forward with full descriptions of everything.


Ivan’s story is often sad, because of course it is, but it’s not
really about sadness. It’s about accepting the incomprehensible
and leaning on love.


Get your copy of I Keep Trying To Catch His Eye: A Memoir of
Loss, Grief, and Love wherever books are sold. Follow Ivan on
Twitter @Ivan_Maisel.


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