[ Indistinct conversations ] ♪♪ Tabloids decide on a certain narrative, and it's very hard for someone to break out of that.

I read about Carolyn in 2019, so 20 years after the accident.

This person was nothing like they made her out to be.

McNeil: We're not writing John's life story as biographers.

We're sort of showing you John through the voices and words of the people who knew him best.

He was really, like, such a good person, I think, and a good soul.

And there's just a lot of warm, interesting, funny, surprising stories in the book.

Throughout his entire life, there's this sort of thread of him kind of searching for this information and this emotional connection to his father.

It was a celebration of his life, bringing him to a new generation, as well.