Tom Junod's memoir-in-progress becomes a Father's Day meditation on his larger-than-life, deeply flawed father Lou, a man who sold handbags, seduced women, and taught his son how to live — even as he kept secrets that spanned decades and families. It’s a story about the messy inheritance
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