I learned something about myself that night. When I get really shocking news, my
entire body tries to get the hell away as quickly as possible. The repercussion
s of this bombshell would reverberate in my life for a long time to come.
A b
eloved star of stage and screen, Alan Cumming's life and career have been shaped
by a complex and dark family past - full of troubled memories, kept buried away
. But then an unexpected phone call from his long-estranged father brought the p
ain of the past hurtling back into the present, and unravelled everything he tho
ught he knew about himself. Not My Father's Son is the story of his journey of d
iscovery, both a memoir of his childhood in Scotland, and an investigation into
his family history which would change him forever.
