Father Figures: Three Wise Men Who Changed a Life - Softcover

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Recounts how the author, who lost his father at the age of three, selected three men from his working-class community near San Francisco to observe as role models on how to be a parent and a man, sharing the lessons he has learned on the needs of children, the gift of community, and the nature of fatherhood. Reprint.

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Kevin Sweeney has held senior positions in the Clinton Administration, served as press secretary to Senator Gary Hart, and worked as an aide in both houses of Congress. He was an executive with Patagonia and now works as a consultant in the areas of environmental protection and human rights. His essays on politics and social topics have been featured on Salon.com and in numerous major newspapers, and he has appeared on Nightline, NewsHour, and Larry King. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Sweeney lives with his family in Northern California.
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When environmental consultant Sweeney, who was three when his father died of heart failure, turned eight, he chose three men who were friends of his family to serve as stand-ins. At the time, the men didn't know the role Sweeney had picked for them, but they wound up teaching him invaluable lessons over the course of his life. Part memoir, part tribute and part guide for those who have lost a parent, this book (which is based on a Salon.com article Sweeney wrote shortly after September 11) is a thoughtful, touching and realistic look at how children cope with loss. "I did not feel fatherless," Sweeney writes, "not exactly, even though my mother never remarried. I had a strategy for coping. I was a kid with a plan." In spare, unadorned prose studded with touching details, Sweeney relates what it was like to lean on, and learn from, the men around him as he charted his own path to adulthood. The book is a testament of children's strength and resilience in the face of loss.
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  • PublisherHarper Paperbacks
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 0060597232
  • ISBN 13 9780060597238
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages208
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