Sonny Boy: Al Pacino is an honest and straightforward memoir. Compared to other autobiographies I’ve read, it feels warm, funny, and very real. Al Pacino’s life as an actor began early, guided by a mother who loved theater and movies, and who introduced him to the stage. His father left soon after he was born. His mother loved him but was fragile and often ill, so Pacino grew up rebellious, full of mischief, and later struggled with alcohol. He had a group of childhood friends he remembered all his life. They weren’t “good kids” in the usual sense, but they filled his loneliness, stood by him, and pushed him forward. Sadly, many of them died young from drug addiction. A Lucky Survivor, A Lifelong Calling…