Fathers and Sons War and Love (A 3-Book Bundle)

<p>This 80000-word bundle of three books begins with Eaten by the Japanese the World War II memoir of John Baptist Crasta the father of Richard Crasta who describes what it was like to rediscover his father and reconcile with him just two years before his father's death. The act of reading and publishing his 87-year-old father's almost forgotten memoir was a process of discovery and reconciliation for the son. Father Rebel Dreamer consists of fictional and nonfictional reflections essays and humor including a fictional story of The Terrorist Mother-in-Law. Letters to My Sons is the story of a tragic period in which depression loneliness and addiction to psychotropic drugs results in mood swings and regrettable emotional outbursts.</p><p>This 2019 edition contains powerful new material: the Epilogue titled The Second Torture of John Baptist Crasta tells the story of John Baptist Crasta's sad final days. The other bonus chapters advance chapters from a book-in-progress include meditations on Buddhism fatherhood and psychiatry and a story of Indian feudal arrogance and impunity.</p><p>Richard Crasta is the author of 12 other books of fiction nonfiction satire humor biography and cultural and political critiques.</p>