Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child

Anderson, in a departure from his successful comic routines, pens revealing letters to his late father, a bitter alcoholic who is remembered affectionately despite his abusiveness. ``In this poignant, touching memoir, Anderson confronts his own insecurities and guilts and comes to understand the parents he had never been close to,'' PW said. 100,000 first printing; author tour. (Mar.)