Like Pop Like Schling

When he was just four years old Ren�� Paul de laVarre earned the nickname schling meaning rascalin his native German language. He admits to havinga wild side from a young age and spending much ofhis life like a wandering nomad in the quest forknowledge and adventure.</P><p>This memoir retraces Ren��'s footsteps throughAmerica Europe the Mediterranean and the MiddleEast over the course of fifty years. His journey paysparticular tribute to his relationship with his fatherreferred to as Pop-a talented filmmaker pianist andwriter. Ren�� candidly discusses coming to grips withhis father's slow descent into alcoholism a diseasethat eventually played a role in Pop's untimely death.Part memoir and part travelogue <i>Like Pop LikeSchling</I> is at times tragic adventurous and nostalgic.It is ultimately a story of hope as Ren�� encouragesthose struggling with substance abuse to have themettle to change their lives and to conquer theirdemons before the demons conquer them.