Nonetheless, he remains positive about the nature of life and death, even once he has lost both his parents, concluding that he “know that there is a life beyond this death, a time beyond this time. Thus the prime caretaker – the son – ends up separating from his wife and living in derelict conditions. While her illness begins with her repeating stories ad nauseam, things get much worse as she starts to be incapable of recognizing her own family. His own family life is hardly acknowledged and tears in his marriage begin to show, towards his wife there for moral support but can't come to terms with him not being a consistent, central figure at the moment. And all the while, he is trying to work on his marriage and his career as a philosophy professor. So it is the narrator who bears most of the burden.

Another son isn’t involved so much as he is living in Boston practicing as a neuroscientist. In particular, it is one of her son’s voice the reader hears since he is narrating it. The book details one woman’s struggle with Alzheimer's (or dementia, it’s not clear) and how her family respond to it. Supporting Kiedis' statements on his autobiography Scar Tissue, an “alternate version” of Californication leaked onto the internet, an early demo from the Californication sessions.Scar Tissue, Michael Ignatieff’s second novel, was published in 1993 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize of the same year. This song was one of their biggest hits, peaking at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Modern and Mainstream Rock charts, and, according to Flea, “Californication is the best record the Chili Peppers have ever made.” The music video features the band as characters in a fake video game, exploring California and often seeing the bad things going on behind the scenes. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was our new song.' We’d been working for a few weeks when someone started playing an ultra-sparse riff that sounded like nothing we’d ever done before. All these other songs were pouring out of us. We tried ten different arrangements and ten different choruses, and nothing ever worked. But for some reason, even though there was a perfect song in there, we couldn’t find it. “I showed 'Californication” to John, and he loved the lyrics and started writing some music. That is because the band originally planned to scrap the song because they couldn’t find the music to match Kiedis' lyrics, but Anthony encouraged Frusciante to get creative because he knew they could be dealing with a great song. The song, particularly John Frusciante’s guitar work, sounds different from the rest of the album. The band might love the city of Los Angeles, but they saw firsthand the effects the Hollywood lifestyle has on its inhabitants and the rest of the world. This song is mainly about the dark side of Hollywood that lies underneath the glossy surface.

Scar tissue autobiography