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.