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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6815

Book Of The Week on Radio 4

I am a fan of Alan Cumming mainly due to his role of Eli Gold in The Good Wife.

The synopsis says this is a moving memoir and I found it very much so.

Alan Cumming reads his deeply moving memoir about his relationship with his father and the mystery of his maternal grandfather.

Alan Cumming grew up in the iron grip of a father who readily meted out violence. In the spring of 2010, after a decade of estrangement, Alex Cumming, Alan's father, renewed contact with his son.
Aware that Alan had agreed to film an episode of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and so solve a family mystery, Alex, now terminally ill, chose this moment to share a shocking secret.

In this powerful, honest and moving memoir, Alan explores his troubled relationship with his father against the backdrop of filming 'Who Do You Think You Are?' where he makes discoveries about the life of his enigmatic grandfather. In the process he discovers more about himself.

Written and read by Alan Cumming.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p604m

graham b · Joined: 23 Sep 2010 Posts: 211 Location: Wakefield

Been off work this week so I listened to it. Twist in the tale in the final episode.