A Father S Journey

Author : H.L. Dancler
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452075471

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A Father's Journey by H.L. Dancler Pdf

Life has a way of changing course... without warning. When it comes to independent films, William Stewart is arguably one of the best documentary producers in the industry. But he's not the most business savvy when dealing with his company’s earnings, or as a participant in the life he shares with the family he loves dearly, his wife and college sweetheart, Anna and their sons, John and Luke. After a long anticipated return home for the Christmas holiday, Anna confronts her wayward husband with the news that she is leaving him and taking their children. Complicating matters, William's business partner conspired with others to swindle the company away from him. As his life disintegrates before his eyes, William embarks on a faithful journey to discover who and what are important in his life and what he must do to reclaim it. A Father’s Journey is a story of lost identity, of one man’s tragic struggles as a parent and as a husband, and of the presence of love, even if we don’t see it.

Author : David Sheff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0618683356

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Beautiful Boy by David Sheff Pdf

Sheff's story tells of his teenage son's addiction to meth, in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the family's gradual emergence into hope.

Author : Calvin Sandborn
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781550923643

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Becoming the Kind Father by Calvin Sandborn Pdf

The male case against patriarchy - why it hurts men, and how they can change it. The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where 80 percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled male, disconnected and out of touch, fills the void with apathy or anger, and the toll is staggering: short, unhealthy lives, ruined relationships, and damaged children. This destructive behavior repeats itself in the next generation as the sins of the father continue the cycle. In Becoming the Kind Father, Calvin Sandborn aims to break that cycle. His intensely personal story is heart-searing and inspirational. Brought up to fear his father’s alcohol-fueled fury and hateful put-downs, the author buried his feelings and fine-tuned his own rage. His father’s early death and the collapse of the author’s marriage provided catalysts for change. Interspersing clever literary references with painful childhood memories, intense self-examination, and astute observations, Sandborn provides well-researched psychological findings and self-help tips, including how to: Identify and share feelings Treat yourself as a kind father would Form trusting male friendships Break the anger habit Forgive the world and yourself This guide offers helpful insight for the millions of men who want to become kinder human beings. A must-read for every woman who loves an angry or emotionally distant man. Calvin Sandborn is a journalist, author, and environmental lawyer who currently supervises the University of Victoria Environmental Law Clinic. He is also a kind father and grandfather.

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547816562

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Father's Day by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

The author recounts a father-son road trip during which he gained insight into the worldviews, challenges, and talents of his socially challenged savant son, Zach.

Author : Avery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735872717

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My Father's Journey: American Pilot to German P.O.W. and Back (color) by Avery Pdf

My Father's Journey is about one man's poignant journey from idyllic childhood in Aurora, New York, to World War II pilot in England to prisoner of war in a desolate camp in German-occupied Poland. Experience firsthand Baldwin C. Avery's struggle to survive the 20th century and all it brought-triumphs and tragedies, love and loss, and a legacy of service to country and community-with the power of faith and family at the heart of it all. In this full color version, My Father's Journey unfolds as a daughter delves into her father's collection of letters, journals, newspaper clippings, photos, and memoirs, and pieces them together to re-create his amazing and inspiring story.

Author : Ziauddin Yousafzai,Louise Carpenter
Publisher : W H Allen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0753552981

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Let Her Fly by Ziauddin Yousafzai,Louise Carpenter Pdf

In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality - proving there are many faces of feminism. "Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I have often used the phrase. 'Ask me not what I did but what I did not do. I did not clip her wings'" For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality - first for Malala, his daughter - and then for all girls throughout the world living in patriarchal societies. Taught as a young boy in Pakistan to believe that he was inherently better than his sisters, Ziauddin rebelled against inequality at a young age. And when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, and he founded a school that Malala could attend. Then in 2012, Malala was shot for standing up to the Taliban by continuing to go to her father's school, and Ziauddin almost lost the very person for whom his fight for equality began. Let Her Fly is Ziauddin's journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and inspiring young women on the planet. Told through intimate portraits of each of Ziauddin's closest relationships - as a son to a traditional father; as a father to Malala and her brothers, educated and growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read and write; as a brother to five sisters still living in the patriarchy - Let Her Fly looks at what it means to love, to have courage and fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail and universal in its themes, this landmark book shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls and women everywhere.

Author : James Dodson
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101969496

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Final Rounds by James Dodson Pdf

James Dodson always felt closest to his father while they were on the links. So it seemed only appropriate when his father learned he had two months to live that they would set off on the golf journey of their dreams to play the most famous courses in the world. Final Rounds takes us to the historic courses of Royal Lytham and Royal Birkdale, to the windswept undulations of Carnoustie, where Hogan played peerlessly in '53, and the legendary St. Andrews, whose hallowed course reveals something of the eternal secret of the game's mysterious allure over pros and hackers alike. Throughout their poignant journey, the Dodsons humorously reminisce and reaffirm their love for each other, as the younger Dodson finds out what it means to have his father also be his best friend. Final Rounds is a book never to be forgotten, a book about fathers and sons, long-held secrets, and the lessons a middle-aged man can still learn from his dad about life, love, and family. Final Rounds is a tribute to a very special game and the fathers and sons who make it so.

Author : W. J. T. Mitchell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226696096

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Mental Traveler by W. J. T. Mitchell Pdf

How does a parent make sense of a child’s severe mental illness? How does a father meet the daily challenges of caring for his gifted but delusional son, while seeking to overcome the stigma of madness and the limits of psychiatry? W. J. T. Mitchell’s memoir tells the story—at once representative and unique—of one family’s encounter with mental illness and bears witness to the life of the talented young man who was his son. Gabriel Mitchell was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age twenty-one and died by suicide eighteen years later. He left behind a remarkable archive of creative work and a father determined to honor his son’s attempts to conquer his own illness. Before his death, Gabe had been working on a film that would show madness from inside and out, as media stereotype and spectacle, symptom and stigma, malady and minority status, disability and gateway to insight. He was convinced that madness is an extreme form of subjective experience that we all endure at some point in our lives, whether in moments of ecstasy or melancholy, or in the enduring trauma of a broken heart. Gabe’s declared ambition was to transform schizophrenia from a death sentence to a learning experience, and madness from a curse to a critical perspective. Shot through with love and pain, Mental Traveler shows how Gabe drew his father into his quest for enlightenment within madness. It is a book that will touch anyone struggling to cope with mental illness, and especially for parents and caregivers of those caught in its grasp.

Author : Armin A. Brott
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-04-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780789210906

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Father for Life: A Journey of Joy, Challenge, and Change by Armin A. Brott Pdf

In this ground-breaking book, Armin Brott presents the stages of fatherhood with the same thoroughness, accessibility, and humor that have made his critically acclaimed New Father series of books the most popular fatherhood guides in the country. He offers a wealth of information and practical tips, incorporating the wisdom of experts, studies about parental development, and his own extensive interviews with hundreds of fathers. Because fatherhood is a progression, the chapters are organized chronologically and describe a father's physical and emotional growth, how he influences a child at every age, and how a child impacts a father's evolution in turn. Brott covers everything from such general issues as how to juggle work and family roles, how to affect the kind of person your child becomes, and when to encourage his individuality and independence to such specific topics as how to get to know your baby, what to do if your teen uses drugs, and how to cope when adult children return home. Illustrated throughout with New Yorker style cartoons that underscore the universality of the joys and woes of parenting, Father for Life is brimming with insights and advice, and is an indispensable, lifelong guide—not only for every dad, but for every mom and child as well.

Author : Rick Prashaw
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459742789

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Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw Pdf

An intense account of Adam’s life and legacy, Soar, Adam, Soar is told both by his loving priest-turned-dad and by Adam himself, through his many included Facebook posts.

Author : Ben Tanzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Child rearing
ISBN : 0988480468

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Lost in Space by Ben Tanzer Pdf

Lost in Space is a funny, sometimes sad, but always lively essay collection about fatherhood, and sex, because sex sells.

Author : G. Edmond Smith MD M.Ed.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1640968474

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FATHER'S JOURNEY by G. Edmond Smith MD M.Ed. Pdf

Author : Leonard Harris,Jamila R. Grant
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Breast
ISBN : 9780595343485

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A Father's Journey, a Daughter's Voyage by Leonard Harris,Jamila R. Grant Pdf

This is a fascinating and instructive look at a father and daughter's relationship and the emotional strategies the family used while confronting a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The story is told through edited entries from a journal maintained by the father, poetry written by the daughter, and discussions of how to manage a family while confronting the uncertainty created by breast cancer.

Author : Nic Sheff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471109737

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Tweak by Nic Sheff Pdf

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ‘It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago.’ Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. He paints an extraordinary picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Tweak is a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery and complements his father’s parallel memoir, Beautiful Boy. Praise for Nic Sheff:- ‘Difficult to read and impossible to put down.’Chicago Tribune 'Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' Armistead Maupin

Author : Don J. Snyder
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307951120

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Walking with Jack by Don J. Snyder Pdf

When Don Snyder was teaching the game of golf to his son, Jack, they made a pact: if Jack ever played on a pro golf tour, Don would walk beside him as his caddie. So when Jack developed into a standout college golfer years later, Don left the comfort of his Maine home and moved to St. Andrews, Scotland, to learn from the best caddies in the world on famed courses like the Old Course and Kingsbarns. He eventually fought his way onto the full-time caddie rotation and recorded the fascinating stories of golfers from every station in life. A world away, Jack endured his own arduous trials, rising through the ranks and battling within the college golf system. When Don and Jack finally reunite to face the challenges of high-level golf competition together, this moving, one-of-a-kind narrative reveals the special bond between father and son.