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My father was an extraordinary man.

My dad was a great dad.

I was brought up in a world of privilege.

I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that's great wealth.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.

My dad was so much fun growing up.

My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.