My Father's Shadow

<p><strong><em>I had donned a suit of clothing that on most days felt constrictive a skin to be molted and replaced by a new one ... It would happen gradually not at once as it might elsewhere in the animal kingdom. </em></strong></p><p>A little boy with hair the color red-his scarlet letter-and family secrets to be disclosed only decades later. A man late in life confronted with looming mortality. These are the bookends of <em>My Father's Shadow</em> a narrative nonfiction collection of timely stories with universal themes that are heartwarming painful distressing humorous. This memoir examines how one person has managed to thrive in a world replete with wild imperfections and an eclectic array of people and relationships some nurturing others much less so. <em>My Father's Shadow</em> delves deep into the pain and joy of life itself. </p>