Not My Father's Son by Alan CummingMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Surely makes one think about how a parent's words and actions to a child can have ramifications throughout its life. No matter how successful and or famous that child becomes, if there has been trauma in childhood, he or she must address it at some point or it can consume him or her. Alan found an outlet in two ways--confrontation, in union with his brother, with the father who verbally and physically abused them and investigation of the shadowy death of his maternal grand-father. Sadly, his father was unreachable even after death but his financial legacy helped to bring closure for Alan's mother and the rest of the family in revealing the facts of his grandfather's life and death. An interesting and thought provoking read.
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