Fathers, Sons, & Brothers

In the first reading from this book, I already feel like I can identify that he tells the truth. This differs from the Liars' Club because throughout that memoir, especially the beginning, it was hard to distinguish if Mary Karr was telling facts, or if she is extending the truth to give it more of a story. I feel that Bret Lott is more identifiable as a writer. He does not state everything as fact, but rather says I believe this and from what I can remember from that. He does not claim to have memories from when he was a small child that went into tremendous detail, like we saw from Karr. He also seems to be connecting lines from past and present. This is evident from the last sentence on the reading, when he is comparing his relationship with his brother, and the relationship of his 2 sons. He hints that he is not very close anymore with his brothers at the beginning, and in the section titled brother he goes into talking about is older brother Brad. They were never too close, but he has a video of them together when Bret was about 1 1/2 years old, and Brad is 4. This video and a photo after his wedding with Brad are two points in history that Bret feels close to his brother, or that there is something significant about these two things. He feels a blur between these two times with his brother and talks about his sons embarked on that journey. I think that these two relationships will play important parts in this story. So far this collection of essays seems more like Lott is giving background. His past is very different then anything I can relate to from what he shares.