Title: Dad
Author: Steven Manchester
Publisher: Story Plant
Format: e-book ( 336 p.) Personal Purchase
Description:
Three generations of dads, playing traditional roles in each other's lives, arrive simultaneously at significant crossroads. The decisions they make and the actions they take will directly - and eternally - affect each other. After a life of hard work and raising children, Robert is enjoying his well-deserved retirement when he discovers that he has an illness he might not be able to beat. At 19, Jonah is sprinting across the threshold of adulthood when he learns, stunningly, that he's going to become a father. And Oliver - Robert's son and Jonah's dad - has entered middle age and is paying its demanding price. While reconciling the time and effort it has taken him to reach an unfulfilling career and an even less satisfying marriage, he realizes that it's imperative that he keep it all together for the two men who mean everything to him. When different perspectives lead to misunderstandings that remain unspoken - sometimes for years - it takes great strength and even more love to travel beyond the resentment. Dad: A Novel chronicles the sacred legacy of fatherhood.
My Thoughts:
This book follows Jonah, Oliver and Robert. They are each at a crossroads in life. In Jonah's case he's trying to figure out life and where that leads when his girlfriend winds up pregnant and how to hand;e all life it throwing his way. Oliver is having a hard time with his relationship. He hasn't figured out if he wants to continue the marriage with his wife or leave. He's also meeting with a psychiatrist to analyze his life. Robert is at the part where he is retired and trying to figure out what to do with his life. He does different charity events to help those less unfortunate but when Robert is hit with a health scare that puts him on a very different life path one he hadn't counted on. Will these men figure out their life journeys or are they doomed to fail?
Oh my word, Mr. Manchester has figured it out. He writes with such depth of character you feel like you know these men and their family/. You find yourself unable to put the book down without seeing how it ends and what lessons they learn from one another. If you haven't read his books yet you are totally missing out and you must check them out to see how it goes!
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