NOT a heartwarming account of travels with Daddy, this book is more like an inside view of life with a chronically unemployed, alcoholic drifter, in which the boy is neglected, filthy, near starved, and on several occasions sexually abused. From the cover notes, I had thought it would be something my family could listen to in the car, but definitely not. Well written, it held my interest, but I could only digest it in small pieces.