Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children - Softcover

Parent, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316693464 ISBN 13: 9780316693462

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2002

Synopsis

There is nobody like a child to look life's greatest mysteries square in the eye, and there is no writer like Marc Parent to translate a child's revelations for the rest of us. He tries to teach his sons how to win at his favorite board games but learns instead the joy of making up your own incoherent rules. He nurtures their compassion, they teach him about love and forgiveness in the face of anger. Believing It All is a book about the things we knew as children -- about gratitude and playfulness, acceptance and love -- that sometimes elude us as adults. Book jacket.

About this title

About the Author:

Marc Parent is the author of Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk and has written for The New York Times and USA Today among other publications. He lives in rural Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.

From AudioFile:

Marc Parent is a stay-at-home dad. When he and his wife and their two boys moved out of New York City to a rural setting, they agreed that Marc would combine his writing with their children's daycare. Because of this role, he has been able to listen to his children's thoughts and record them. This experience has so humbled him that his narration of his book takes on a spiritual and poetic quality. Honest, sweet, humorous, insightful, and touching, these are lessons learned by a father as taught by his children. Parent speaks of his life with his children with reverence, love, and gratitude for having had the opportunity to be taught so well. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0316693464
• ISBN 13: 9780316693462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256