The council of dads my daughters, my illness, and the men who could be me
Author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters' lives would be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would they yearn for my approval, my love, my voice?" Three days later he came up with a stirring idea: he...
| Main Author: | Feiler, Bruce S. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
William Morrow,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
Author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters' lives would be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would they yearn for my approval, my love, my voice?" Three days later he came up with a stirring idea: he would reach out to six men from all the passages in his life, and ask them to be present in the passages in his daughters' lives. And he would call this group "The Council of Dads." "I believe my daughters will have plenty of opportunities," he wrote to these men. "They'll have loving families, but they may not have their dad. Will you help be their dad?" This is the inspiring story of what happened next, the work of a master storyteller confronting the most difficult experience of his life and emerging with wisdom and hope.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: |
240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780061778766 0061778761 |
| Author Notes: |
Feiler completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University. His latest book, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me, describes how after recieving a diagnosis of cancer, he asked six men from all phases of his life to be present through the phases of his young daughters¿ lives. (Bowker Author Biography) |