Overview
- In Life Is Lifey, Shahi writes that at age six her drug-addicted father pressed a gun to her head and planned to kill her and then himself.
- She says her mother intervened, disarmed him, and led her to safety during the incident.
- The memoir describes ongoing family instability tied to addiction, including a temporary move to a women’s shelter and subsequent reconciliations.
- Shahi says she cut off contact with her father at 22 and that he later died of an overdose when she was 35.
- The book was released Jan. 28, with excerpts reported by Us Weekly and Entertainment Weekly, and Shahi presents the disclosure as part of her therapeutic healing.