I am so ordering this book! I feel your story right in my soul. I met my father when I was 9, because he came to my door and said he was my father. Explain that to a kid, right?
My dad just died, literally 2 days ago. I feel nothing. I tried. I wanted to be accepted. I wanted to fit. I didn't.
You were a kid. You have no responsibility for their marriage. Did you act up? Sure, but what else would you do?