Fatherhood, Historical Biography - General & Miscellaneous, Historical Biography - United States - General & Miscellaneous, U.S. Authors - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Biography
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Overview
A man and his father. This most elemental of relationships can be one of the most frustrating, perplexing, and rewarding aspects of a man's life. No one questions the fact that men are profoundly influenced by their fathers, but the shape and substance of that influence varies dramatically with the particulars of a family dynamic. Or, for all the Ward Cleavers in the world (and there really are some), there are an equal number of dads who shirk responsibility and create confusion in the sons they brought into the world. In this, the first anthology of nonfiction prose to explore these issues in depth, editor Steven L. Shepherd has collected a diverse and invariably compelling group of narratives about sons and their fathers.In all, fourteen of our most powerful writers illuminate the relationship between a son and his father and offer valuable insights which help untangle the beautiful and terrible threads that tie sons to their fathers.
Book Details
Published
April 1, 2001
Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, c2001.
Pages
274
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780807062463