I basically interviewed him, particularly about those years I don't remember well, like birth to five. We also talked about a lot of the really messed up things that happened in the years I do remember that he wasn't very aware of. (My step-mother-at-the-time did a good job of selectively informing him of events.)
With my dad, his whole life has been cars. It's been his one big obsession. One of the tragedies of his life, I think, is that he wanted to be a racecar driver since he was a kid and his parents forbade it and he never pursued it.
People keep telling me I need to write a memoir about my family. Cars would be the major metaphor for discussions about my dad.
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Date: 2010-10-21 12:46 pm (UTC)With my dad, his whole life has been cars. It's been his one big obsession. One of the tragedies of his life, I think, is that he wanted to be a racecar driver since he was a kid and his parents forbade it and he never pursued it.
People keep telling me I need to write a memoir about my family. Cars would be the major metaphor for discussions about my dad.