For Alison

The Murder of a Young Journalist and a Father's Fight for Gun Safety

By: Andy Parker, Ben R. Williams, Senator Tim Kaine - Foreword by

Narrated by: Andy Parker, Keith Sellon-Wright

On August 26, 2015, Emmy Award-winning 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker was murdered on live television, along with her colleague, photojournalist Adam Ward. Their interviewee was also shot but survived.

In the wake of his daughter's murder, Andy Parker became a national advocate for commonsense gun safety legislation. The night of the murder, with his emotions still raw, he went on Fox News and vowed to do "whatever it takes" to end gun violence in America. Today, he is a media go-to each time a shooting rocks the national consciousness, and has worked with a range of other crusaders, like Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Lenny Pozner, whose son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School and brought suit against Alex Jones and Infowars, who claimed the shooting was staged. In For Alison, Parker shares his work as a powerhouse battling gun violence and gives a plan for commonsense gun legislation that all sides should agree on. He calls out the NRA-backed politicians blocking the legislation, shares his fight against "truthers", who claim Alison's murder was fabricated, and reveals what's ahead in his fight to do whatever it takes to stop gun violence.

Parker's story is one of great loss, but also resilience, determination, and a call to action.

©2019 Andy Parker (P)2019 Tantor

Brutally Honest

Hearing Mr. Parker talk about he and his family’s fight for common sense gun laws was heartening. His passion for his daughter was felt deeply.

Heartbreaking and motivational

The book is a achingly honest account of a family's loss due to preventable gun violence and the following years of battling the NRA and their cult followers who refuse to see the value of even the most benign safety laws. we all need to know what these victims and their families go through because any one of us could be the next victim or survivor. Stop the killing and the hate!