“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.”  -Alan Cumming, Not My Father’s Son

Grade: 5.0

As a fan of Cumming  I was excited when this book finally hit Audible because I knew I wanted to listen to it with his crooning voice reading it to me. I can say it’s the only way this book should be consumed. Cummings voice is so smooth and vibrant. And the energy and emotion coming through about his childhood and career is something anyone will be moved by.

Whether you’re a fan of his career or not I think you can enjoy listening to Cumming talk about what it was like learning that he might not be his father’s son and what that knowledge did to him and his family. How he speaks of the abuses of his youth and how those abuses reverberated into his adulthood spoke deeply to me – a child of abuse myself.

Cumming’s memoir may be dark in places, but it is beautifully written and unbearably full of hope and joy. He lets us look deeply into himself  and the stuff that has shaped him and his career while still dropping beautiful nuggets of truths.