Holding Up the Sky: Intergenerational Lessons of Fatherhood - Softcover

Campbell, Tim Ej

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798992618709

Publisher: Indie Pub, 2025

Synopsis

Kirkus: "Eloquently written." A "heartbreaking yet inspirational portrait of a family...with clarity and unusual insight, even when detailing the most emotional moments."

Booklife: "Both emotive and informative... Campbell's memoir shines in the softer moments."

A deeply personal exploration of what it means to be a father when life doesn't go as planned. The moment he learns that his infant daughter is not expected to live, Campbell starts on a journey of love, struggle, and resilience. Through the lens of raising three children-two with disabilities and two who are gifted (one is both)-Campbell delves into the pain and joy of fatherhood. He uncovers what has to be learned, and unlearned, from wisdom of the past. And from his children, he learns ways to adapt as he traverses the arc of fatherhood. With his oldest daughter, he finds magic of rivets under the mighty Golden Gate, the dignity of risk-taking by his disabled daughter alone on a cruise, and the tenacious fearlessness of his hearing-impaired son in a highly competitive private high school.

Campbell's book is for parents seeking solace in shared experiences, for families navigating the complexities of raising children with disabilities, for fathers probing masculinity, and for anyone who believes in the transformative power of love and perseverance. In both print and audiobook. www.holdingupthesky.net.

About this title

About the Author

Born in northern California, Tim worked for five decades on urban poverty in the Global South. He began publishing creative nonfiction in 2021 and has placed his work on fatherhood, travel, and confronting the ghosts of our past in a dozen literary journals. He holds an award from Writer's Digest competition on spiritual/inspirational themes. Prior to his 2025 memoir on fatherhood, "Holding Up the Sky," he published three books and dozens of articles on cities. When not writing, he aims to improve his sailing upwind and to keep the kinks out of his backhand. Campbell earned undergraduate and master's degree from UC Berkeley and a PhD from MIT. More can be found at www.holdingupthesky.net and www.timcampbellodysseys.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indie Pub
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992618709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334