Self Abuse

At 35, to his distress, Jonathan Self found that he had become the very thing he never wanted to be: an absent father with three young children - one in the UK and two in Australia.In this moving, closely observed and often comic memoir the author traces three generations of dysfunctional family life and his own determination not to repeat the patterns of the past or to let his children down. "Self Abuse" is a gripping and emotional saga which deals with difficult subjects - the angst of a separated father, failed relationships, domestic violence, sexual abuse, alcohol and drug addiction.

It is told with sensitivity, wry humour and honesty.

Ultimately it is a story filled with hope and love.