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My Father's Footprints: A Memoir
My Father's Footprints A Memoir
Author: Colin McEnroe
Starting with the death of his father and chronicling backwards, Colin McEnroe examines their relationship in order to understand his dad, not just as a father, but as a man. Now a father himself, McEnroe articulates, in a voice both sensitive and startling, the experiences of 'the sandwich generation,' Baby Boomers facing the dual task of carin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446529334
ISBN-10: 0446529338
Publication Date: 8/2003
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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McEnroe presents a brilliantly written, uniquely compelling memoir of the conflicted love between a "greatest generation"father and a Baby Boomer son. Ruthlessly honest, at time hilarious, but always moving, MY FATHER'S FOOTPRINTS explores the complex currents of male indentity, mortality, and the legacy our parents can't help but leave us.
In this memoir, a son tries to understand his dad, not just as a father but as a man. Here, using Bob McEnroe's manuscripts and letters, father and son now hold the dialogue they could never have in life. And in his quest to understand his father, Colin McEnroe ultimately discovers the demons that drive himself, as well.
Inspiring, yet unsentimental, and capturing the full spectrum of men's passions, this is a powerful portrait you will never forget.


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