Blaming Phil

Blaming Phil

Blaming Phil is a raw, deeply personal memoir about unimaginable loss, and the painful, often absurd road through it. When his daughter dies in a tragic accident, a father finds himself caught in a web of grief, guilt, and surreal encounters that challenge everything he thought he knew about life, death, and the people around him. Told with unflinching honesty and dark humor, Blaming Phil is not a story of redemption or healing in any neat sense. It’s about the messy, human ways we cope, or fail to. From awkward therapy sessions to strained relationships, silent car rides, to shouted prayers, this is a journey marked by confusion, rage, and reluctant moments of grace. At the heart of it all is a question no parent should ever have to ask: How do you keep going when your world has already ended? And then, another: Who the hell is Phil, and why is it so easy to blame him?