Friday 30 August 2013

Jesus, My Father, The CIA & Me By Ian Cron

An entertaining, touching memoir of life with an alcoholic father who secretly works with the CIA, a dark pilgrimage through the valley of depression and addiction, and finding a faith to redeem and a strength to forgive.
At the age of sixteen, Ian Morgan Cron was told that his stockbroker father actually worked with the CIA. The story of this world-rocking discovery is the stepping-off point into a fascinating exploration of one man's alternately heartbreaking and humorous journey to faith and spiritual growth.
Born into a family of privilege and power, Ian's life is populated with colorful people and stories, including the account of an alcoholic father who takes his family on a wild roller-coaster ride through wealth and poverty and back again. Includes tales of a nearly blind English nanny who teaches him what love means, a famous New York radio personality who saves his life, a simple carpenter who leads him to faith in Jesus, and his own personal journey from addiction to twenty-three years of sobriety.
Believers and seekers alike will be moved by how Ian uncovers and honors what is sacred in his story, how he discovers God in the struggle to find redemption, and how the mysterious movement and presence of God is woven throughout the adventure of his life.

 
Great true story of a boy who grew up with am alcoholic father who harboured many secrets and a Mother who tried her best to shelter him from it all. I'm not sure it's one of the best books I've read but I enjoy reading about real people and real struggles. I'm not sure I understand the authors attitude toward God or where he stands spiritually. All in all, it was a good read!

I received this book free from Booksneeze in exchange for an honest review.