The truth of it is gods make lousy fathers for the most part.
Along the way he sounds other themes, of course: love, lousy fathers, being lost.
A grandfather, but a lousy father, Stoner told himself.
He'd been a lousy father, and he wasn't likely to change now.
Hell, he would have made a lousy father.
Without getting all Oprah about it, he admits he was an alcoholic and a lousy father.
I thought you needed a father, even a lousy father.
He was a lousy father, she said, but could be helpful in emergencies.
How did dealing dope get back at Scott's old man for being a lousy father?
I want to hug my kids and apologize for being such a lousy father, but I'm not sure how that's supposed to help them now.