Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy is a biography of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, written by his son Adam Nimoy and published in 2024 by Chicago Review Press.
Summary[]
- Publisher's description
- While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a "close family," to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger.
- The actor was as inscrutable as the iconic half-Vulcan science officer he portrayed on Star Trek, even to those close to him.
- Now, his son's poignant memoir explores their complicated relationship and how it informed his views on marriage, parenting, and later, sobriety. Despite their differences, both men ventured down parallel paths: marriages leading to divorce, battling addiction, and finding recovery. Most notably, both men struggled to take the ninth step in their AA journey: to make amends with each other.
- Discover how the son of Spock learned to navigate this tumultuous relationship – from Shabbat dinners to basement AA meetings – and how he was finally able to reconcile with his father – and with himself.
Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.