Download or read book Driving Dad Home written by John Halter and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author rescues his aging father from an impossible situation in a Phoenix trailer park. Russ, a Depression-era farm boy and WWII Navy vet, doesn't want to leave, and worse still, his short-term memory is fading. As they hit the road, the two quarrel, share stories, and finally begin to listen to each other.

Download or read book Dad How Do I written by Rob Kenney and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like the YouTube channel, this is a touching yet informative guide for those seeking fatherly advice, or even a few good dad jokes.” — Library Journal

Download or read book Dad written by Bob Seay and published by Bob Seay. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an underachieving son reconnect with his father before it's too late? Jacob's life is already complicated enough. Now his Dad, whose mind isn't as sharp as it once was, is driving out for a visit. Or he was, before he got lost along the way. Now it's up to Jacob to get this right. A touching story about families, relationships, and aging parents. Editorial Review by Jon Michael Miller of Readers' Favorite In Dad by Bob Seay, we meet Jacob, our narrator and protagonist, in his mid to late thirties, struggling both in his professional world and in his marriage. With his "compulsion to tell everybody everything," he tells us his story as if we are his best friends, exposing all his failures and amusing quirks. Brooke, his wife, wants all his money, and he has lost his job as a high school teacher. In survival mode, he lives in Colorado and works as a ghost-writer of term papers for college students. He lives and works online from the back room of a laundry. His squalid existence is interrupted when he is informed by his brother back in Cincinnati that their dad, suffering from Alzheimer’s, has hit the road and is in a hotel room in Kansas City, Missouri. Jacob is the logical person to collect his old man. In so doing, he finds his dad having lunch with a hotel maid Amelia, who is watching over him. We soon become familiar with the sights along Interstate 70, as his dad tells Jacob about installing communications devices in St. Louis’s Gateway Arch. He has other stories about his activities on Mars and in submarines. Despite Jacob’s honest flaws and his relentless search for self and redemption, I came to like and even to identify with him. Yes, he is largely responsible, as he admits, for his own problems. Fortunately, he is in a stable, tight-knit family, all intent on taking care of their sad, but sometimes funny dad. But I felt that Dad is the vehicle of the real underlying story, which is Jacob trying to dig himself out of the hole he has dug for himself. He meets his female spiritual twin in the person of Amelia, not really a hotel housekeeper but a refugee from nursing and an aspiring artist. She escapes from an abusive, Confederate flag-flying boyfriend into Jacob’s black Mustang convertible, nicknamed Beast, which hauls Jacob back and forth several times between Denver, Kansas City, Topeka, and Cincinnati. “We’re all doing the best we can,” says Amelia compassionately. I was both sadly moved and often amused by Jacob’s search for a better life. And along with the story, we learn a lot from the various topics Jacob ghost-writes about—nursing burnout, the Feds, Buddhism, and neo-Nazis, to name only a few. Oh, yes, and the Stanford Marshmallow Index, which somehow nibbles at Jacob’s core. And we meet a quirky, loving family in the turmoil of losing the family patriarch, who is quite an overarching backdrop in his own right. Author Bob Seay dedicates his novel Dad “to all families with aging parents,” and I cannot imagine a more accurate portrayal or one more moving.

Download or read book Daily Driving Dad s Dream Delighted Dorothy written by Dorothy Thompson White and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Driving Dad’s Dream Delighted Dorothy By: Dorothy Thompson White Dorothy Thompson White feels her story for teenagers is so interesting because it is unique. Furthermore, she believes no other teenager in the world has had these unusual experiences, because no father was like her own. In this story, White shows that only money can spoil children, as she was never spoiled since she was easy to please and had several other talents that gave her much joy, including being an honor student.

Download or read book Dating My Dad written by Apple Dailey and published by Clean-Slate Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Shelby, childhood was anything but guilt-free. According to her father, Spivey, she was to blame for anything and everything wrong in his life. In his eyes, she would never be good enough for anything. Spivey worked to manipulate Shelby into believing his way of disciplining her was love. Shelby grew up fast and was wise beyond her years due to his upbringing. Shelby felt helpless. She escaped, taking off for a chance at a better life. Shelby went on a quest for unconditional love and a safe place to rest. Just when she feels she has true love, she gets exactly what she didn't want; the kind of man she feared. Now Shelby must find the courage and strength to overcome a vicious cycle.

Download or read book Notes From the Midnight Driver written by Jordan Sonnenblick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when you thought you had it all figured out . . . "Alex Peter Gregory, you are a moron!" Laurie slammed her palms down on my desk and stomped her foot. I get a lot of that.One car crash.One measly little car crash. And suddenly, I'm some kind of convicted felon.My parents are getting divorced, my dad is shacking up with my third-grade teacher, I might be in love with a girl who could kill me with one finger, and now I'm sentenced to babysit some insane old guy.What else could possibly go wrong?This is the story of Alex Gregory, his guitar, his best gal pal Laurie, and the friendship of a lifetime that he never would have expected.

Download or read book Dear Dad written by Louie Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1991-03-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedian Louie Anderson grew up in a household held hostage by the unpredictable and violent behavior of an alcoholic father. In letters that are poignant and often angry, yet touched with the humor that characterizes his monologues, Dear Dad chronicles Anderson’s hard journey from shame and fear to understanding. Anderson’s many appearances on The Tonight Show, his specials on HBO and Showtime, and his concerts across the country have won him wide acclaim. But when he found that, despite his considerable success as a comic, he felt no relief from his pain, Anderson entered therapy and joined an Adult Children of Alcoholics group. Only then was he able to break a lifelong pattern of denial. Includes an introduction by Anderson and a selection of letters from Dear Dad readers about their own experiences. “Compelling, tender, funny, and well-written. . . . I respect Louie’s courage for talking so openly. Writing the book may have helped the writer in his healing process, but it will also assist readers in theirs.”—Melody Beattie, author of Codependent No More

Download or read book My Strong Dad Goes To War written by Rema R. Kenton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rema R. Kenton started writing during her pre-teen years when she was a freshman in high school. She spent more time writing poems and stories during her post high school and post college years. She worked with children in clubs, church and school. She also worked with the Pathfinder Club where she was leader for more than a decade. She has written Meet Mindy the Betta Fish, The Praying Mantis and the Birds, Poems for Your Inspiration among other books. She currently works with fi fth graders at Emmanuel Children’s Mission and teaches Art to fi fth through eighth grade. She was born in Portland, Jamaica, West Indies: but now resides in Mount Vernon, New York.

Download or read book E Leon A Perfectly Imperfect Dad written by Paul Kincaid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everett Leon Kincaid Jr.-E. Leon-was not perfect. But, then again, he never claimed to be. He didn't have time. He was too busy trying to earn a living as a traveling advertising salesman and be the best dad possible to his five sons. Those were his priorities, not perfection. Leon's goal of being a good dad stemmed from the troubled relationship he had with his own father. Leon swore that he would never treat his own children the way his father treated him. He lived up to that goal with his five sons, using a combination of common sense advice and humor. His common sense usually came in the form of sayings, including -Money's never an issue, as long as you have some of it, - -There is a fine line between being 'in the groove' and being 'in the rut, '- and -Don't ever get old. It's not all it's cracked up to be.- Leon taught his sons how to drive, how to defend themselves, how to deal with people, how to compete, how to play baseball and other sports, and, in the process, how to be good dads themselves.

Download or read book My Dad is a Truck Driver written by Rene Plowman and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journey written by Charles V. McAvoy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-09 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story describes many incidents in the life of Charles McAvoyhis upbringing in small-town America,his experiences in World War II and the Korean War, his love of flying, and his rise in the ranks of one of the largest and most successful enterprises in American corporate history and the triumphs and tragedies within his family. It is the story of one life that epitomizes what is now being referred to as "The Greatest Generation."

Download or read book When is Daddy Coming Home written by Richard Carlton Haney and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Is Daddy Coming Home?" is the moving story of one young American family during World War II. The war was coming to a close in Europe, and Richard Carlton Haney was only four years old when a telegram arrived at his family's home, informing them of his father's death. That moment was burned into the young boy's memory and it changed his and his mother's lives forever. Sixty years later Haney, now a professional historian, reconstructs his parents' lives during the war, drawing from their letters, his mother's recollections, and his own memories to create a unique blend of history and memoir.

Download or read book Driving with Dead People written by Monica Holloway and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. Small wonder, with a father who drives his Ford pick up with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children. In between her father's bouts of violence and abuse, Monica becomes fast friends with Julie Kilner, whose father is the town mortician. She and Julie preferred the casket showroom to the parks and grassy backyards in her hometown of Elk Grove, Ohio, where they would take turns lying in their favourite coffins. In time, Monica and Julie get a job driving the company hearse to pick up bodies from the airport, yet even Monica's growing independence can't protect her from her parents' irresponsibility, and from the feeling that she simply does not deserve to be safe. Little does she know, as she finally strikes out on her own, that her parents' biggest betrayal has yet to be revealed...

Download or read book Cheat And Charmer written by Elizabeth Frank and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly textured novel set against the backdrop of 1950s Hollywood, the McCarthy era, the blacklist, and expatriate Europe chronicles the story of Dinah Lasker, the wife of a successful producer, writer, and director, who confronts a series of conflicting loyalties when she is subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. A first novel. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Download or read book That s My Dad written by Sandi Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short book about my dad's life. His humor, his faith his compassion and his willingness to help other's in any way he can. The way he touched the lives of everyone he met. The opportunity he had to travel to many places and his ability to always see the brighter side.

Download or read book Daddy s Driving Home written by Anamarie Peyton and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sky Ranch written by Linda M. Lockwood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Tara Westover’s Educated and Ivan Doig’s This House of Sky comes a memoir about a girl’s isolated ranch childhood—and her adulthood journey to overcome grief and fear and discover the truth about her mother’s mental illness. At the age of eight, Linda Lockwood moves with her family to an isolated ranch in eastern Washington State. Within two years, she’s patrolling the ranch on horseback alongside her border collie—herding sheep, killing rattlesnakes, and defending the ranch’s livestock from coyotes, bears, and even trespassing hunters—and working tirelessly to realize her dream of training horses. But her most daunting challenge is one hard work can’t overcome: her mother is descending into madness. And Linda’s deepest fear is that she might inherit the schizophrenia that threatens to dismantle her family. At age twenty-five, Linda marries, but the joy of her first pregnancy is darkened by her mother’s suicide. Then she endures a painful miscarriage and the death of her beloved grandmother, traumatic events that send her back in time to the births and deaths of animals—domesticated and wild—that she loved in childhood. Eventually, her own family grows, but her happiness is haunted by questions people have tiptoed around all her life. How did her mother become schizophrenic? What did she endure as a patient in 1960s mental hospitals? Might Linda and even her children be next to battle that catastrophic mental disorder? Driven by the courage and will she sharpened as a rancher, Linda vows to find out.