Not sure what to think of this book. I can't imagine what it must be like to have a child do such horrific things. This book will not really explain how Lionel Dahmer feels either.
Also, not to long ago I saw Jeffrey Dahmer's mother in an interview in which she completelty refutes all the things in the book about her difficult pregnancy with Jeffrey. That makes me wonder about the truthfullness of other things in the book.
I don't know. It was interesting and I'm glad I read it but I was a little disappointed in it.
Lionel Dahmer delves into his own life and psyche and tries to explain to the public and himself how his son Jeffrey Dahmer - the notorious serial killer who was caught and imprisoned in 1991 - turned from loving son to gruesome murderer. He psychoanalyzes himself and tries to pinpoint the traits in himself that turned so wrong in his son. This is the second time that I've read this book and I give it an A+!
I enjoyed it and I felt that Mr Dahmer really did take on a lot of the blame for his son's crimes. An excellent look into the back story of Jeff Dahmer.
Chemist Lionel Dahmer recounts his complete denial when he first heard his son Jeffrey Dahmer was accussed of horendous murders. As evidence accumulates Lionel recounts his incremental degrees of steps toward realization of his son's actions. Family memoir, confession of the saddest truth a parent can know.
