Kirkland Hamill

This was a tough book to keep reading because all of the drinking was so discouraging---esvcept that I was committed to finishing it to see what happened to the author! How he made it through such a dysfunctional family and managed to produce this memoir is an achievement! Sadly, perhaps this is a picture in far too many families at least in part. Between drugs and alcohol it is perhaps a wonder that families still manage to produce adults who can overcome their histories. One can only wish Kirkland well.… (mehr)

Oh, such a sad memoir. Hamill was born into wealth. His father married his mother seemingly on a lark, while visiting family in Bermuda. Returning to New York, they led a jet-setter life and when the marriage ended Wendy (the mom) took the “filthy beasts”, the boys back to Bermuda. Struggling to make ends meet, she eventually took off with a new boyfriend and the three boys, aged 11 to17, were on their own. Along with trying to navigate their survival Hamill slowly realizes he is gay. It was a look into a world totally different than mine, which made it an engaging book of survival.… (mehr)