01672cam a2200277 a 4500001001600000003000400016005001700020008004100037010001900078020002500097040001300122043002100135050002500156082002500181100002000206245003900226250001200265260003500277300002900312520082400341600002901165600002801194650007701222650005601299650003901355z9ilms b1171682DLC20250626125031.0930921s1994    nyua          000 0ceng    a93037536 //r95  a068812156X :c$20.00  cnmtdAJM  an-us---an-us-wi00aHV6534.M65bD34 199400a364.1/523/092aB2201 aDahmer, Lionel.12aA father's story /cLionel Dahmer.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bW. Morrow,cc1994.  a255 p. :bill. ;c22 cm.  aIn July 1991 the country was shocked by the unfathomable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. But no one was more shocked than his parents. In A Father's Story, the reader is witness to the incremental unraveling of a parent's image of their child, and the "thousand different reactions" that follow. In his attempt to understand the nature of his son's psychosis, Lionel Dahmer methodically scrutinizes every possible contributing factor to his son's madness. His desperation is palpable as he searches for clues in the emotional, psychological, and genetic landscape of his son's life. Riveting and soul-wrenching, this unprecedented memoir is the confession of a father who must "confront the saddest truth a human can know--that his child has somehow crossed the line that separates the human from the monstrous.10aDahmer, JeffreyxFamily.10aDahmer, LionelxFamily. 0aSerial murdererszWisconsinzMilwaukeexFamily relationships.vBiography 0aSerial murderszWisconsinzMilwaukeevCase studies. 0aFatherszUnited StatesvBiography.