Alan Cumming grew up in a home with his parents and his
brother Tom. Alan's father was a very hard person to
understand. One minute he would be quiet as can be and
the
next screaming at the family. This is how Alan grew up
never knowing how his father would be to him.
The story takes you from his early years all the way up
till
2012. It goes back and forth, but I didn't get confused.
Alan talks about his life, his goals and all of the parts
in
his life that at times seemed to fit together and other
times they didn't.
Alan was involved in the making of a show called Who Do You
Think You Are? Alan is hoping to find out for his mother
what really happened to her father. His grandfather Thomas
had gone off to fight the war. Upon returning back to his
family, he decided that he couldn't stay with them and went
off to another country. There was his mother's story of
what happened to him and Alan was on his journey to find
out
the truth.
NOT MY FATHER'S SON tells of the problems Alan had finding
himself and
why his father was so mean to him. At one point his
father informs Thomas, Alan's brother that Alan is not his
son.
NOT MY FATHER'S SON is an interesting book, and I learned a
lot about problems Alan had growing
up and into adulthood. I would have like to hear a little
bit
more of how and why he took the job on the show the Good
Wife.
If you like reading memoirs, you will really enjoy NOT MY
FATHER'S SON.
In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of
stage and screen shares the emotional story of his
complicated relationship with his father and the deeply
buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.
A beloved star of stage, television, and film—“one of the
most fun people in show business” (Time magazine)—Alan
Cumming is a successful artist whose diversity and
fearlessness is unparalleled. His success masks a painful
childhood growing up under the heavy rule of an emotionally
and physically abusive father—a relationship that tormented
him long into adulthood.
When television producers in the UK approached him to appear
on a popular celebrity genealogy show in 2010, Alan
enthusiastically agreed. He hoped the show would solve a
family mystery involving his maternal grandfather, a
celebrated WWII hero who disappeared in the Far East. But as
the truth of his family ancestors revealed itself, Alan
learned far more than he bargained for about himself, his
past, and his own father.
With ribald humor, wit, and incredible insight, Alan
seamlessly moves back and forth in time, integrating stories
from his childhood in Scotland and his experiences today as
a film, television, and theater star. At times suspenseful,
deeply moving, and wickedly funny, Not My Father’s Son will
make readers laugh even as it breaks their hearts.
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