Self Abuse: Love, Loss and Fatherhood (1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.)

From the age of three Jonathan Self had only one ambition: not to be like his father.

Despite his determination to be a better man -- and a better parent than his own had been -- Jonathan was a twice-divorced father of three and, at age thirty-five, spiraling.

Self Abuse is the story of Jonathan's efforts to break free from the cycle of despair and dysfunction that characterized his youth.

A brilliantly rendered, unapologetic memoir about the pain and joy of parenthood, Jonathan's story is as heartbreaking, redemptive, and unforgettable as it is true.