The father I had
Martin Townsend · 2007
על הספר
A son's funny, sad and tender memoir of a childhood touched by madnessFather and son: arguably the most complex of all family relationships. But what happens when your dad is a manic-depressive who paints the front door in the middle of the night and sends good wishes to Michael Crawford scrawled on a pair of underpants?Martin Townsend grew up with a father, Ron, who had suffered recurring mental illness since the early 1950s. At the slightest emotional trigger he could turn from a loving and compassionate dad to a restless, dead-eyed depressive or a spiteful, bullying monster. In The Father I Had, Martin Townsend, editor of the Sunday Express, paints a powerful, often painful portrait of life with his dad. From the soaring, often hilarious 'highs' to the horrific 'lows' of his father's three suicide attempts, he tells a story of pain, courage and resilience and produces a moving and account of a close family nearly torn apart by mental illness.
פרטי הספר
- שנה
- 2007
- שפה
- English
- הוצאה
- Transworld
- מהדורות
- 3
- ISBN
- 9781407033686
מקור הנתונים: Wikidata
