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Title: self-centered, entitled whiner complains about dad
Review: The section from page 272 on Behavior Modification, is moderately useful. The majority of the book though, is essentially an extended rant (with humor) on the injustice of having a father who misbehaves so badly, and how much it screws up the life of the author. It would be better except for the constant tone of self-pity, and the clear lack of sympathy and understanding for a man whose behavior is caused by neurologic disease (dementia) rather than simple ill-will. All events are interpreted in terms of their inconvenience, and understanding comes little and late in the narrative.I was hoping to recommend this book to the families of some of my more challenging patients (I am a geriatric neurologist), but this narrator really makes the process of caring for a parent with dementia sound like the greatest act of self-sacrifice known to (wo)man, rather than the fairly ordinary, if difficult, task that it is.
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