A Father's Story
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4.3 • 34 Ratings
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- £6.49
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- £6.49
Publisher Description
Raising a Serial Killer
A Father's Search for Answers
In July of 1991 the country was shocked by the unfathomable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. But no one was more shocked than his parents. In A Father's Story, the reader is witness to the incremental unraveling of a parent's image of their child, and the "thousand different reactions" that follow. In his attempt to understand the nature of his son's psychosis, Lionel Dahmer methodically scrutinizes every possible contributing factor to his son's madness. His desperation is palpable as he searches for clues in the emotional, psychological, and genetic landscape of his son's life.
Riveting and soul-wrenching, this unprecedented memoir is the confession of a father who must "confront the saddest truth a human can know-that his child has somehow crossed the line that separates the human from the monstrous."
Customer Reviews
A father’s insight
Lionel Dahmer tells a brutally frank tale of a father’s relationship with an increasingly troubled son. His analysis surrounding questioning his own part to play in raising the child that later became the man to commit such horrific acts is heart wrenching and honest.
The ability to dissect his own memories of Jeffrey, and portray the evolution of his son from to child to murderer to having found a new state of grace with God before his murder- whether you are a believer or not - gives as complete a picture as possible of a very complex human being.