In this intimate, lyrical memoir about her iconic father, Anne Serling reveals the fun-loving dad and family man behind the imposing figure the public saw hosting The Twilight Zone each week. I plan to read it again once I catch my breath." -Carol Burnett "Beautifully written.I laughed and I cried. "A haunting and beautifully written memoir about the creator of The Twilight Zone." -Robert Redford Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.As I Knew Him is a lyrical, intimate tribute to Rod Serling's legacy as visionary, storyteller, and humanist, and a moving testament to the love between fathers and daughters. Though begun in loss, Anne's story is a celebration of her extraordinary relationship with her father and the qualities she came to prize through him-empathy, kindness, and an uncompromising sense of social justice. Idyllic summers in upstate New York, the years in Los Angeles, and the myriad ways he filled their time with laughter, strength, and endearing silliness-all are captured here with deep affection and candor. Now she shares eloquent, revealing letters and beautifully rendered scenes of his childhood, war years, and their family's time together. Gradually, she found solace for her grief-talking to his friends, poring over old correspondence, and recording her childhood memories. He was her best friend, her playmate, and her confidant.Īfter his unexpected death at 50, Anne, just 20, was left stunned. Her fun-loving dad would play on the floor with the dogs, had nicknames for everyone in the family, and was apt to put a lampshade on his head and break out in song. To Anne Serling, the imposing figure the public saw hosting The Twilight Zone each week, intoning cautionary observations about fate, chance, and humanity, was not the father she knew. Memory summoned by a certain light, a color, a smell-and I see him again on the porch of our old red lakeside cottage, where I danced on the steps as a child.
In Twilight Zone reruns, I search for my father in the man on the screen, but I can't always find him there.
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