New Excerpt from Pool Hustler's Daughter Memoir

I like role play, under dogs and Ayn Rand. I like role play, underdogs and Ayn Rand because of my father.

I believe in good magic, the mitzvah, and meditation. I believe in good magic, the mitzvah, and meditation because of my father.

I learn gaffes, avoid traps, and never act like a lamb. I learn gaffes, avoid traps, and never act like a lamb because of my father.

I don't fit in. I don't fit in because of my father.

I'm tenacious and ambitious with only a quarter in my pocket. I'm tenacious and ambitious with only a quarter in my pocket because of my father.

I dream long dreams where I solve international crises, fly and am the hero. I dream long dreams where I solve international crises, fly and am the hero because of my father.

I am James Bond and James Jones and James Joyce. I am James Bond and James Jones and James Joyce because of my father.

I am George Smiley and George S. Patton. I am George Smiley and George S. Patton because of my father.

I know loyalty, empathy and intellectual curiosity. I know loyalty, empathy and intellectual curiosity because of my father.

I know anxiety. I know love. I know shame. I know redemption. I know tolerance. I know compassion. I know anxiety, love, shame, redemption, tolerance and compassion because of my father.

I don't know envy. I don't know envy from my father, yet sometimes I have it.

I know second, third and tenth chances for reinvention. I know second, third and tenth chances for reinvention because of my father.

I never give up. I never give up because of my father.

I never judge. I rarely judge. I rarely judge another person because of my father.

I’m independent. I’m a fiercely independent thinker because of my father.

I strive to be a calm refuge for others. I strive to be a calm refuge for others because of my father.

I try and I try. I try and I try but I’ll never be as smart, cool, confident, wise, brave and as powerful as my father.