Andre Dubus III on ‘Gone So Long’

In his 2011 memoir ‘Townie,’ local author Andre Dubus III wrote that if he hadn't started writing, he might have ended up in prison. In his most recent fictional book, ‘Gone So Long,’ he tackles the themes of violence and reckoning with the past for someone getting out of prison. His character Danny Ahearn seeks to reunite with his daughter Susan, who hasn't seen him since he murdered her mother 40 years ago. The tale wrestles with the question of whether redemption can be earned after the unspeakable crime – and whether his daughter can truly heal from the trauma of having witnessed it. Jim Braude was joined by Andre Dubus III, who is also a professor at UMass Lowell, ahead of his appearance with Oprah this coming Thursday at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.