num_pages: 117
description: The celebrated humorist offers a sober reflection on the life of his father, an immigrant grocer in Kansas City with a penchant for swearing off his pleasures and encouraging his son to be a real "mensch." National ad/promo. Tour.
language: English
title: Messages from My Father
titlecomplete: Messages from My Father
genres: Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Read For School, Biography Memoir, Parenting, History
ratings_count: 451
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux