Hollywood veteran Greg Ellis shares a first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fueling this national health emergency. It further exposes and condemns a gender bias that presumes that...
Fatherhood
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Author:Ellis, GregSummary: - Author:Birbiglia, MikeSummary:
With laugh-out-loud observations on the rollercoaster ride that is being a new parent, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian Mike Birbiglia delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child,...
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Author:Northcote, JaySummary:There are lots of things that brighten Joel’s life. His three-year-old daughter, Evie, is one. His close relationship with her mother, his best friend from university, is another. Joel’s boyfriend, Dan, adds spice to his child-free...
- Author:Meeker, Margaret J.Summary:
Teen health expert Meg Meeker, M.D., documents the powerful influence dads have on daughters. The most crucial factor for girls growing up into confident, well-adjusted women is a strong father with conservative values. Such fathers...
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Author:Roberts, PosySummary:North Star: Book One In their small-town high school, Hugo and Kevin became closeted lovers who kept their secret even from parents. Hugo didn’t want to disappoint his terminally ill father, and Kevin’s controlling father would never...
- Author:Leroux-Picard, OlyvierSummary:
Les pères parlent peu de leur expérience. En littérature, la figure du père est souvent dépeinte par l'enfant – devenu adulte – sous les traits de l'absence ou de la violence. Et s'il existait « une communauté manquante [...],...
- Author:Chabon, MichaelSummary:
For the September 2016 issue of GQ, Michael Chabon wrote a piece about accompanying his son Abraham, then thirteen, to Paris Men's Fashion Week. Despite his own indifference, what gradually emerged as Chabon ferried his son to and...
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Author:Roberts, PosySummary:Sequel to Spark North Star: Book Two How do you tell your friends and family you've fallen in love with a man when they've only ever known you as straight? How do you explain to your kids that you loved their mother very much, but your...
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Author:Roberts, PosySummary:Sequel to Fusion North Star: Book Three Hugo Thorson and Kevin Magnus are learning to live again after the death of Kevin's wife, Erin. They're doing everything they can to make a stable home for Kevin’s kids, but that stability is...
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Author:Knighton, RyanSummary:Describes Knighton's voyage through the first year of fatherhood, made more daunting by his blindness. He wonders how he will get to know his pre-verbal bundle of coos and burps when he can't see her smile or look into her eyes....
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Author:Sandborn, CalvinSummary:The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The...
- Author:Smith, ClintSummary:
A remarkable poetry collection from Clint Smith, the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Critics Circle award-winning author of How the Word Is Passed. Clint Smith's vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the...
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Author:Béchard, Deni EllisSummary:"A Song from Faraway is a collection of stories that address masculinity, identity, the impact of war, and fatherhood"--
- Author:Béchard, Deni EllisSummary:
A time warp into the strange and painful life of men past, present, and future. The second time Andrew sees his half-brother, Hugh, is at their father's funeral. Andrew has little interest in the father with whom he grew up, but...
- Author:Brown, LarrySummary:
Jimmy's daddy isn't much of a father. He'd much rather lie under the chassis of a '55 Chevy than bother with a son. Jimmy knows it, so he figures he'll leave his daddy alone as much as he can. When next-door neighbor Cortez starts...
- Author:Wade, DwyaneSummary:
"NBA star Dwyane Wade discusses the rewarding responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion and highlights of his basketball career"--
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Author:Kulp, AdrianSummary:The pregnancy is over and the baby is here. What's a father supposed to do? Put your other new parenting books away--this book is going to help you be the best dad (and partner) you can be.
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Author:Vavasour, JamesSummary:This nine-month non-fiction account of pregnancy, from the husband’s perspective, details how the protagonist learned to let go of control in the quest for the perfect pregnancy. All accounts were documented as they happened, long...
