Author Description

Len has anxiety, but that won't stop him from trying to build a better life for his family, even if that means facing his past. In this courageous debut memoir, Len Kester chronicles his journey through mental illness, salvaging his marriage, and enduring the tragic loss of his brother. While the grief piles up, Len looks back on a childhood full of hardship and finds his strength. Goodbye Alex is about growth through pain, about facing your demons head-on and coming out the other side a better person for it. Kester gives readers an honest first-person account of what it's like to navigate life with grief, depression, and debilitating anxiety while also seeking out the light and building himself anew.