“Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me” : A Memoir of sorts “ by Ian Morgan Cron is the story of a man’s memories beginning from a very dysfunctional childhood to adulthood. The father of his memories is dramatic, powerful, uncaring of others & their feelings or needs, remote, over-the top; an almost unbelievable personality. A story of a constant 3 ring circus complete with whip. There are times of joy here and there; but usually only for a brief time. It’s like a cross between a fairy tale (because of the lavish sets and famous people mentioned) & the movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ (because of the violence, & the fact that they didn’t really know each other) and then of course the other fairytale- the Grimm ones.
Only after a few chapters I found myself becoming angry as I read about this sensitive little boy and how his father terrorized him. How he hoped against hope that finally he would connect with his father; only to have that hope crushed time & again. It was hard to read about the promise of this young boy & how he lived but only survived. He does end up overcoming his past but what a road it was. The writer is very good at drawing a picture with his words as he wrote about his life; sometimes too much detail for my liking . But I did enjoy his colorful way of turning a phrase into something new; that was funny but totally understandable; you got it. I can’t say that I would recommend this book to everyone. If your battling depression, this isn't the book for you; its not light reading.
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