Dear Michael, Love Dad: Letters, laughter and all the things we leave unsaid.

Synopsis

Letters, Laughter and all the things we leave unsaid...'wonderful, moving, humorous... extremely poignant' Charlie Mortimer, Dear LupinDear Michael,Moving your whatnots et al into the flat has put paid to any improvements in my back. Still, at least it's done now.Your mother is already worrying how you'll cope and is at work on reams of notes on all sorts of matters from how to tell if meat has gone off to washing whites. Smell it and wear black is my advice. Please do try to master the can opener and other basics before calling. You know how she worries.When Iain Maitland's eldest son left home for university he wrote regularly to him; funny, curmudgeonly letters chronicling their family life and giving Michael unsolicited and hopeless advice on everything from DIY to women. He never expected a reply - they were simply his way of continuing their relationship. What Iain didn't realise was that away from home his beloved boy was suffering from depression and anorexia. Only much later did it become apparent to Iain and his wife just how oblivious they had been, and for how very long.Told through Iain's letters and the unfolding reality of Michael's situation, Dear Michael, Love Dad forces us to question how well we can ever truly know our loved ones, but most of all expresses the unbreakable bond between a father and son.

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781473638709

Related ISBNs:

9781473638167, 9781473638198

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Date of Addition:

03/02/22

Copyrighted By:

Iain Maitland

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Narrated By:

Michael Simkins

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Psychology

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Bookshare Staff

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