My Father's Keeper : She Had to Protect Him. He Made Her Promise. She Was His 10-Year-Old Daughter.A powerful and compelling memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father, who hid his mental illness behind a charismatic larger than life, gluttonous personality and found logical explanations for the most bizarre ways of thinking. As a child Julie was close to her father. More friend than parent, he would belt her into their tiny car and they'd punch through yellow lights, scarf down candy bars before supper and had their own way of making fun of