Flying with Dad: A Daughter. A Father. And the Hidden Gifts in His Stories from World War II. - Softcover

Caputo, Yvonne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1989059295 ISBN 13: 9781989059296

Publisher: Ingenium Books Publishing Inc., 2020

Synopsis

Award-Winning Finalist in the Health: Aging/50+ category of the 2020 Best
Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest.

Written with vivid detail, this encouraging, life-giving book is a tale of a World War II Veteran father and his daughter, who found the relationship with him she’d always longed for.

Do you have a family member who served in the military, who perhaps saw war, and wondered what their experience was really like? Do you suspect there are past traumas that might be affecting their ability to open up? Do you wish you could feel closer and more connected to your mom, dad, or other family members? If yes, Flying with Dad will pull you into a real-life story that shows you how.

At age ten, Yvonne vied for her dad’s attention. At twenty, they fought about race. At sixty, she struggled to talk with him about what mattered.

In Flying With Dad, Yvonne Caputo charts her journey to her father through the re-telling of why he went from repairing planes to being a B-24 navigator in WWII, how heavy German flak led to post-war nightmares, and why he suffered years of guilt after one particular bombing run over Unterschlauersbach, Germany.

Over the years, Yvonne would ask her father questions about this past. She’d listen, pay attention, and found that he was paying attention to her as well. As she learned to meet him where he was, instead of where she wanted him to be, the result was an intimacy, a deep abiding respect, and a no-regrets final goodbye.

Flying with Dad is a heart-wrenching and heart-warming story of a daughter striving to understand her father and him opening up about the experiences that shapes so many soldiers and can get in the way of the rich relationships they and their children deserve.

About this title

About the Author

Yvonne Caputo has been a teacher, the head of human resources in a retirement community, a corporate trainer and consultant, and a psychotherapist. She has a masters degree in education and in clinical psychology. Her book, Flying with Dad, is a story about her relationship with her father through his telling of World War II stories. She has always been a storyteller. She has used stories to widen the eyes of students, and to soften the pain of clients. It's her stories that result in rave reviews as a presenter and a speaker. Yvonne lives in Pennsylvania with her best friend (who is also her husband). Together they have three children, three grandchildren, and a labradoodle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ingenium Books Publishing Inc.
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1989059295
• ISBN 13: 9781989059296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314