Leon Uris (1924-2003), one of the 70 honorees
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What is my background, as a writer?
“As the second son, I reflected a different side of Dad (Lee). I became his jokester self, the jester, the trickster, and the one who rarely met a rule he wouldn’t want to break….
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What was to be a normal childhood never came to pass. The chaos surrounding my literary father transformed my simple beginnings into an imaginary world of suspense, intrigue and danger.
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Like father like son, it was now my turn to deal with the guilt trips my grandfather dumped on Dad.
A Marine in World War II, at times Dad could be a hard man to love. He intimidated me with guilt and fear motivation, just like his father did to him. This sent us on a trajectory of disappointment—pushing his parental responsibilities back on his sons.
The following is excerpted from The Uris Trinity, now available on Amazon.
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