An enduring singer-songwriter since the late 1960s, Loudon Wainwright III is renowned for his confessional lyrics that can be laugh-out-loud funny or cut to the bone. In this memoir he details the fractured relationships his songs have referenced, and also the closeness and joy in the Wainwright family. He writes poignantly about being a son to a famous father and a husband to famous women, as well as being a brother, a grandfather, and a parent to his own famous children, quoting his lyrics to trace the threads between the songs and his life.