barry neil kaufman

Barry Kaufman's life has been spent helping others cope with severe adversities and traumas. When he learned of his father's cancer diagnosis he had to summon all of his strength. That struggle and the surprising rewards that came from it are the subject of No Regrets. Kaufman's father Abe was a man of simple tastes modest aspirations and respectable accomplishments who dares at age eighty-five to open his heart in the face of a terminal illness. His son was not ready for it at first having limited emotional reserves after his own son was diagnosed as irreversibly autistic. This moving book about the unbreakable bond between a father and son shows how one man learned to confront and finally celebrate life's transitions.