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• Nine Lessons I Learned From My Father

  Howe, Murray (Murray A.)

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  The author shares his memories about his father, Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe and the nine pieces of wisdom he learned from him.

• Fathers & Daughters

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  A Pulitzer winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forget connections of her own.

• Not My Father's Son

  a Memoir

  Cumming, Alan, 1965-

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  In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.

• In His Father's Footsteps

  a Novel

  Steel, Danielle

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  In this powerful novel, Danielle Steel tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first-generation American determined to be his own person and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz

  a True Story of Family and Survival

  Dronfield, Jeremy

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  This is the remarkable true story of the heroic and unbreakable bond between a father and son.

• Her Father's Secret

  Blaedel, Sara

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  A woman's murder is only the beginning as a daughter races to unravel the maze of secrets her father left behind--before she becomes the next victim. (Publisher)

• The Good Father

  a Novel

  Grady, Wayne

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  Told in alternating perspectives, The Good Father delivers a deeply satisfying and layered novel of love, perception, family and domesticity. (Publisher)

• Let Her Fly

  a Father's Journey

  Yousafzai, Ziauddin

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  Let Her Fly traces the inspirational journey of Malala Yousafzai's father, Ziauddin, from a boy in Shangla to a man who broke with tradition and proves there are many faces of feminism.

• Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

  the Fathers of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce

  Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

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  Illuminates the relationships between three of the greatest Irish writers, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, and James Joyce, and their fathers.

• Likeness

  Fathers, Sons, a Portrait

  Macfarlane, David, 1952-,

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  Likeness' is a heart-wrenching but ultimately life-affirming book about fatherhood and identity, love and grief, memory and healing.

• Dad Up!

  Long-time Comedian, First-time Father

  Patterson, Steve, 1971-,

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  From Steve Patterson, one of the country's most beloved comedians and host of CBC Radio's incredibly popular program 'The Debaters', comes a funny and at times unexpectedly wise look at what it means to be a dad in this day and age.

• Featherhood

  a Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie

  Gilmour, Charlie Samson

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  A beautiful, moving, and wildly original memoir of grief, healing, and fatherhood through the story of a young man who adopts a baby magpie. (Publisher)

• An Odyssey

  a Father, a Son, and An Epic

  Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960-

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  From award-winning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of The Lost, comes a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading--and reliving--Homer's epic masterpiece. (Publisher)

• My Seven Black Fathers

  a Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole

  Jawando, Will, 1983-,

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  Will Jawando's account of mentorship, service, and healing lays waste to the racist stereotype of the absent Black father. By arguing that Black fathers are not just found in individual families, but are indeed the treasure of entire Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation