Look at these books by, for and about dads, currently available to request…
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General Fiction… Look Back All the Green Valley. Jess Kirkman returns to the North Carolina mountain town of his boyhood to tend to his ailing mother, and clean out his deceased father’s workroom. What he discovers there leads him—and the reader—on an unforgettable journey through the secret life of Jess’s father, which culminates in a moment of profound mystery… and comedy. |
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Memoirs… Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul. Tony Hendra, a writer and satirist who was one of the geniuses behind THIS IS SPINAL TAP, shares an inspiring true story about his spiritual journey toward God, in the form of a tribute to the Rev. Joseph Warrilow, a Benedictine monk who lives in a monastery on the Isle of Wight. A New York Times Notable Book. |
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Military History … Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War. When Bob Greene went home to central Ohio to be with his dying father, it set off a chain of events that led him to knowing his dad in a way he never had before — thanks to a quiet man who lived just a few miles away, a man who had changed the history of the world…. Duty is the story of three lives connected by history, proximity, and blood; indeed, it is many stories, intimate and achingly personal as well as deeply historic. |
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Business …Business Dad : How Good Businessmen Can Make Great Fathers (and Vice Versa) Businessmen with kids often feel trapped between rising expectations at work and at home…there are never enough hours in the day. What’s a business dad to do? Tom Hirschfeld, veteran businessman and father of two, addresses the dilemma with surprising insights and sensible solutions…. |
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Contemporary Fiction... A Father’s Affair. What happens to a father when he discovers that he has been infertile all his life? That intriguing question is the starting point of this book. Still reeling from the sudden death of his wife (the one person who could answer his questions), the protagonist, Armin Minderhout, begins a quest to discover the biological father of his thirteen-year-old son. The reader joins him on an extraordinary journey, one in which he is forced to reconsider everything and everyone he has ever believed in… |
Thanks for a very good book collection for Father’s day.
I have one blog for father’s day.
http://iphone.mobilechamps.com/mydad.html