If you're going to write a memoir then don't tell everyone it is an exaggerated lie in some spots to catch the attention. When reading a memoir it's good to feel things are real all the way through, and if you believe your life is too uninteresting that you need to make up some points to share your own story then you probably weren't meant to write one. Just title it fiction and let it be that. Let your life inspire the story, but don't try to make yourself popular by saying it's you with some extra extensions. Otherwise the story is nice and it does have a good catch to it.
Summary: When Ian sees a bunch of men at his father's funeral who seem to have better things to say about his own dad that he would never use to describe his own dad, he begins to realize he might not have knew his dad that well. Growing up he was raised with a father who was an alcoholic. This left Ian struggling to figure out who he was without any guidance into finding that. Now as he raises his own family and reflects on his own he ponders over what he has learned and what there still is to learn.
