Watch our interview with Jason Prokowiew, author of War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir. We discussed Jason’s 50 hours of interviews with his father about his childhood during World War II and being adopted by a Nazi family, The Princess Bride memoir technique, why Jason decided to weave his personal story alongside his father’s, his research process, navigating family disapproval, overcoming internal shame, the book’s long path to publication, and why memoir is his favorite genre.
Read an excerpt from War Boys below:
Who, Exactly, Are You, Dad?
In the winter of 1999, at age 22, I sat across from my father in his rented condo in Sarasota, Florida, pressed the button of a tape recorder and said, “Start at the beginning,” and he told me of a warplane descending upon him when he was ten years old. That first night of our work together, I …
