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Author: Elmo Zumwalt
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1987-10
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780440159735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe powerful personal account of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Jr., and his son, Elmo III in Vietnam. For it was the father who ordered the waterways that his son patrolled to be sprayed with Agent Orange. And it was the son, and eventual grandson that developed medical complications as a result of exposure to the defoliant. 8 pages of photographs.
Author: Alan Cumming
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-10-07
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 0062225081
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Equal parts memoir, whodunit, and manual for living . . . a beautifully written, honest look at the forces of blood and bone that make us who we are, and how we make ourselves.” --Neil Gaiman 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. A beloved star of stage, television, and film—“one of the most fun people in show business” (Time magazine)—Alan Cumming is a successful artist whose diversity and fearlessness is unparalleled. His success masks a painful childhood growing up under the heavy rule of an emotionally and physically abusive father—a relationship that tormented him long into adulthood. When television producers in the UK approached him to appear on a popular celebrity genealogy show in 2010, Alan enthusiastically agreed. He hoped the show would solve a family mystery involving his maternal grandfather, a celebrated WWII hero who disappeared in the Far East. But as the truth of his family ancestors revealed itself, Alan learned far more than he bargained for about himself, his past, and his own father. With ribald humor, wit, and incredible insight, Alan seamlessly moves back and forth in time, integrating stories from his childhood in Scotland and his experiences today as a film, television, and theater star. At times suspenseful, deeply moving, and wickedly funny, Not My Father’s Son will make readers laugh even as it breaks their hearts.
Author: Andy Symonds
Publisher:
Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781631770418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Nathan's father, a decorated Navy SEAL, is killed in combat, he must rely on his father's teammates for direction while learning to become a man. The normal struggles of adolescence are amplified while growing up in the shadow of a war hero, and a young man's future hangs in the balance. No one is safe from the scars of war in this funny, heart-wrenching, poignant novel.
Author: Dan Hill
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1443401374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this deeply moving memoir, one of Canada’s most respected singer-songwriters traces his difficult, often tumultuous relationship with his father. From the time Dan Hill picked up a guitar at age 11, he tried to win the approval of Daniel Hill Sr., a man who has been called Canada’s father of human rights. But Hill Sr. set impossibly high standards for himself and his family, especially for his eldest son, leading to conflict and alienation even as young Dan achieved international fame and success. Through vivid family stories, letters, memories and his own award-winning lyrics, Dan Hill tells the story of two parallel lives—his father’s in mid-20th-century America and his own as a young black man coming of age in suburban Canada—and the stormy but ultimately loving way each of those lives affected the other.
Author: Tom Moore
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-26
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781774570326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome people age gracefully as wisdom and calm come with the grey hair. Others become crotchety, opinionated, and odd. People avoid them and laugh at them. Still others give up on life, on ambition, on dreams, and settle into a pleasant wait for the grave. I was one of those people. Felix Ryan, from Curlew, Conception Bay, is a schoolteacher on the edge of a cliff in a serious mid-life crisis. But a phone call from Tammy, an ex-girlfriend, calls him back home to help his eccentric father in his latest crusade. A big US oil company has begun fracking in his hometown. Led by a jovial Texan and represented by a crack young lawyer, the company is buying up land. The town is split in two over fracking and its new prosperity. Sparks of attraction fly between Felix and Tammy, even though he jilted her years before. Felix's father leads the fight against the oil company, and Felix is drawn further into the fight. As the battle lines are drawn in the sand, he finds a new direction in his life, a woman who loves him, and a cause worth fighting for. From the author of The Sign on My Father's House WINNER of the CBC's NL Reads 2020 Competition
Author: Jim Sano
Publisher: Full Quiver Publishing
Published: 2019-08-15
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781987970128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite a traumatic and difficult childhood, 39-year-old Boston sales executive, David Kelly, seems to have it all. While building a life of achievement, material success, and professional respect, an unexpected friendship with Tom Fitzpatrick starts him on an emotional and courageous journey that allows him to confront the truth of his past and the impact it has had on the relationships in his life. The Father's Son is a highly engaging story that will make you think about friendship, forgiveness, redemption, love, and truth, and may prove to profoundly impact how you look at life itself.
Author: Anthony Browne
Publisher: Farrar Straus&Giro
Published: 2001-04-12
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA child describes the many wonderful things about "my dad, " who can jump over the moon, swim like a fish, and be as warm as toast.
Author: John Davis
Publisher:
Published: 2015-12-09
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781478764199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery family has secrets. Ours were just bigger than others. "My earliest memory is of a gun." That gun was in his father's hand - and it was pointed at his mother's head. John Davis grew up in the 1970s and '80s on the rough streets of Brooklyn, a place where no one thought twice when parents smacked around their kids-or each other. At the center of the tumultuous neighborhood, and John's world, was his larger-than-life father, Roberto. The Argentinean butcher and kingpin drug dealer was a sadistic bully whose mercurial temper left a trail of tears and chaos across his family. John, in particular, seemed to bear the brunt of Roberto's wildly swinging moods. Any wrong word could cause an explosion. Every knock on the door might be one of Roberto's enemies, or the police. In his publishing debut, Davis recounts how he spent his childhood in constant terror and his teen years learning to fight back. But it was much later, as an adult, that he learned the most shocking thing of all about his father, his past, and himself. Told with raw honesty and deep emotion, My Father's Son is a memoir of fear, abuse, survival, and identity.
Author: Linda McCain
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
Published: 2020-07-29
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1647019494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeet Bray Berman. He is young, handsome, intelligent, and every parents' dream. One day, the unthinkable pays him a visit. However, the strength, endurance, and steadfast determination of this seventeen-year-old will make you recognize that teenagers endure a lot, sometimes say little, and face life's challenges with remarkable courage. Steadfast love and devotion, known to heal all wounds, can sometimes make the worst situations seem trivial. Will the love between a father and a son, a husband and a wife be strong enough when tested beyond the extreme? Will the support of family and friends diminish with the passing of time, or will the bond of family and friendship be the saving grace of the Berman family at a time when needed the most? Sometimes help can come from those we least expect it from. From those who have touched our lives in some way for only a short period of time or from those who have been with us forever. A father loved and adored by his son and a seventeen-year-old son faced with a monumental challenge while enduring the worst, yet trying to hold on to all he has left...hope.
Author: Edward C. Sellner
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2001-09-06
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 172520357X
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