My Father's Keeper: She had to protect him. He made her promise. She was his 10-year-old daughter.

by Julie Gregory

Book Overview

A powerful and compelling memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father, who hid his mental illness behind a charismatic larger-than-life, gluttonous personality and found logical explanations for the most bizarre ways of thinking.

As a child Julie was close to her father. More friend than parent, he would belt her into their tiny car and they'd punch through yellow lights, scarf down candy bars before supper and had their own way of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007268807
• ISBN13: 9780007268801
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harper Element
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"