âA fine storyteller, quick and wittyâ explores his relationship with his verbally abusive father in a memoir at once hilarious and heartbreaking (Booklist). âYou are a complete disappointment.â On his deathbed, Mike Edisonâs father gasped those words to his sonâand that was just the beginning of his devastating salvo. For anyone who has ever suffered from parental bullying, this often-hilarious yet intensely heartbreaking memoir from the former High Times publisher will provide both solace and laughter. It begins with a childâs hunger for love and acceptance and continues through years of withering criticism, perverse expectations, and unfounded competition from a narcissistic father who couldnât tolerate his sonâs happiness and libertine spirit. In the end, the author unravels a relationship that could never be fixedâbut perhaps didnât need to be. In the spirit of Augusten Burroughs by way of Jeannette Walls, Edisonâs memoir is a candid, devastating, and deeply funny read. â[The author] gives the heavy stuff appropriate weight without letting it pull down the lighter moments, like his fatherâs memorable outburst over a meatball pizza. Edisonâs soul-searching creates a moving tribute to being oneself.â âBooklist âHis candor and honesty will no doubt connect with many readers who also feel doomed to fail their fathers. Edisonâs own demonstration of the long, difficult, but sometimes humorous road toward compassion will pave the way for others to follow in his footsteps.â âRain Taxi
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