Williams' children Amanda, Liz, Dan and Diana Welch grew up in the wealthy community of Bedford, N.Y. Then, a series of devastating losses upended their lives as kids: In 1983, their oil executive father was killed in a car accident, leaving a large debt behind, and their mother died of cancer 3½ years later at the age of 50. The kids were separated at that point because no relative could take them all in.
In "The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir," each describes, with humility, candor and humor, what happened next. Dan became a hellion, and was eventually kicked out of boarding school. Amanda got into drugs and dropped out of New York University. A neighbor reconsidered adopting Diana after she reached her teens. Meanwhile, Liz traveled to free herself of all of it.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA featured a segment on the book this morning.
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