The father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer describes his shock at hearing the news of his son's crimes, his entry into a world of complete denial, and how, ...

A Father's Story is a memoir written by Lionel Dahmer, father of American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. The book was published in 1994 by William Morrow and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Andre Dubus, novelist, essayist, and short story writer, was born into a. Cajun-Irish Catholic family in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1936. A Marine Corps.

down from my childhood home. He had a wooden leg, and smoked a pipe. ... repeated event. ... one and gaze intently, as if transfixed by the dancing flames. ... matter ...

Dahmer recaps his life as father to Jeffrey, and struggles to find answers to what happened. Some of his theories are like looking for a needle in a haystack.

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 ...