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In 'The Friday Afternoon Club,' Griffin Dunne explores a legacy of both pain and fame

WBUR

Published June 17, 2024 at 5:56 AM HST

Editor’s note: This segment was rebrodcast on June 4, 2025. Find that audio here.

Actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne‘s new memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir” tells the story of the Dunne family and how they were devastated by the 1982 murder of his sister Dominique.

Recently, he spoke with Here & Now‘s Emiko Tamagawa at WBUR’S Cityspace.

Book excerpt: ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’

By Griffin Dunne

Excerpted from ‘The Friday Afternoon Club,’ published by Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2024 by Thomas Griffin Dunne.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2025 WBUR

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