Dear Father, Dear Son: Two Lives... Eight Hours Book

Part 1 En Route

1 "I Don't Enjoy It" 1

2 Normal Was Hate 5

3 On the Receiving End 11

4 "I'll Give You Something to Cry About" 19

5 The Temptations 33

6 "Don't Let the Door Hit You In the Ass" 38

7 Elder's Snack Bar 44

8 That Friday 51

Part 2 The Talk

9 The Beginnin' 59

10 A Hard-Ass Life 69

11 "Something Made the Man Close Up" 77

12 His Life and Times 89

13 "You're a Lot Like Me" 100

14 "Would You Do Things Different?" 107

15 Shit Happens, So Deal With It 115

16 Good Friends 124

17 "She's Something" 135

18 "Not As Tough As You Think" 143

19 Way Back Home 150

20 "Nobody Fucks With My Family" 169

21 "You Weren't Like Your Brother" 182

Part 3 Postscript

22 Détente 195

23 Kirk and Dad 205

24 Dad Lightens Up 210

25 Dad's New Car 215

26 Dad and Friends-Lost and Gained 217

27 Dad and Dennis 222

28 Dad Never Learned to Hate 229

29 Carrying On 235

30 "Things Fallin' Apart" 241

31 "Goodnight" 243

Acknowledgments 247