Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son

A remarkable memoir from the best-selling author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August.Buzz Bissinger€™s twins were born three minutes€”and a world€”apart. Gerry, the older one, is a graduate student at Penn, preparing to become a teacher. His brother Zach has spent his life attending special schools. He€™ll never drive a car, or kiss a girl, or live by himself. He is a savant, challenged by serious intellectual deficits but also blessed with rare talents: an astonishing memory, a dazzling knack for navigation, and a reflexive honesty that can make him both socially awkward and surprisingly wise.Buzz realized that while he had always been an attentive father, he didn€™t really understand what it was like to be Zach. So one summer night Buzz and Zach hit the road to revisit all the places they have lived together during Zach€™s twenty-four years. Zach revels in his memories, and Buzz hopes this journey into their sha