This is not your typical celebrity memoir. “All I know is that I am the product of all the experiences I have had, good and bad, and if I am in a happy place in my life (as I truly am), then I can have no regrets about any of the combination of events and circumstances that have led me to the here and now.” Not my Father’s Son is the story of Alan Cumming’s time filming Who Do You Think You Are? in the […]
Less Memoir, Most Mystery
Do not read Not My Father’s Son with the expectation of hearing about Alan Cumming’s fabulous life, and all the amazing stuff he gets to do. This focuses mainly on his childhood, which was incredibly shitty. He shifts focuses between his upbringing, and his experience with the TV show Who Do You Think You Are? as an adult, which afforded him the opportunity to find out all sorts of new information about his family. In fact, other than the fact that a non-celeb wouldn’t be featured on this […]
“It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.”
I love Alan Cumming. I don’t know exactly when or where he entered my life but I have always had affection for the Scotsman. When I discovered that he had written a memoir and that it was well received I decided to add it to my list of summer reads memoirs. Summer is officially underway (I just finished working my first week of summer camp) and I have listened to Mr. Cumming tell us a series of stories about his life. Cumming does not aim […]