I Just Want My Old Daddy Back

I Just Want My Old Daddy Back
Author: Kimberley Jane
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2018-07-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1504313607

Author Kimberley Jane is a firm believer in the saying Everything happens for a reason. Although, at times, she hasnt been able to figure out why. In I Just Want My Old Daddy Back, she shares the trials and tribulations in her life and her utmost goal of keeping her family together and healthy. In this memoir, she offers a collection of writings beginning in 1996 and continuing through to the present. The entries, pulled from the depths of her heart and body, include thoughts on everything from life after forty, to the importance of family, to the art of writing, to living with love not fear, realizing ones turning points, dealing with challenges, coping with survival, and much more! I Just Want My Old Daddy Back speaks of one womans courage, persistence, and resilience as she faces life head on. She is confronted with the devastation of her family and her belief system, and a very highly sensitive family and social issue. It serves as inspiration for others who are facing their own trials. It also gives them hope, faith and comfort that where there is a will there is a way to survive anything! This collection also includes a compilation of her favourite mottos as well as her poetry that all helped in her and her familys survival.

I Just Want My Old Daddy Back

I Just Want My Old Daddy Back
Author: Kimberley Jane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-11-17
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781951966454

Author Kimberley Jane is a firm believer in the saying "Everything happens for a reason." Although, at times, she hasn't been able to figure out why. In I Just Want My Old Daddy Back, she shares the trials and tribulations in her life and her utmost goal of keeping her family together and healthy. In this memoir, she offers a collection of writings beginning in 1996 and continuing through to the present. The entries, pulled from the depths of her heart and body, include thoughts on everything from life after forty, to the importance of family, to the art of writing, to living with love not fear, realizing one's turning points, dealing with challenges, coping with survival, and much more! I Just Want My Old Daddy Back speaks of one woman's courage, persistence, and resilience as she faces life head on. She is confronted with the devastation of her family and her belief system, and a very highly sensitive family and social issue. It serves as inspiration for others who are facing their own trials. It also gives them hope, faith and comfort that where there is a will there is a way to survive anything! This collection also includes a compilation of her favourite mottos as well as her poetry that all helped in her and her family's survival.

Daddy's in Iraq But I Want Him Back!

Daddy's in Iraq But I Want Him Back!
Author: Carmen R. Hoyt
Publisher: Trafford
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781412060424

True story of three-year-old Jack and his Daddy's deployment to the War in Iraq. Written for small children to view a beginning, middle and end to these deployments.

Foster

Foster
Author: Claire Keegan
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2022-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802160158

An international bestseller and one of The Times’ “Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century,” Claire Keegan’s piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the US It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas’ house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household—where everything is so well tended to—and this summer must soon come to an end. Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and published in an abridged version in the New Yorker, this internationally bestselling contemporary classic is now available for the first time in the US in a full, standalone edition. A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan’s great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers.

The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us
Author: Reyna Grande
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451661800

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.

Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?

Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?
Author: Elke Barber
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2016-07-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1784503711

When we were on a No Girls Allowed! holiday, my daddy's heart stopped beating and I had to find help all by myself. He was very badly broken. Not even the ambulance people could help him... This honest, sensitive and beautifully illustrated picture book is designed to help explain the concept of death to children aged 3+. Written in Alex's own words, it is based on the real-life conversations that Elke Barber had with her then three-year-old son, Alex, after the sudden death of his father. The book provides reassurance and understanding to readers through clear and honest answers to the difficult questions that can follow the death of a loved one, and carries the invaluable message that it is okay to be sad, but it is okay to be happy, too.

Daddy's Back-to-School Shopping Adventure

Daddy's Back-to-School Shopping Adventure
Author: Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2017-01-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1368005128

What do glow-in-the-dark glue sticks, an electronic garbage truck pencil sharpener, and neon paper clips have in common? Not one of them is on the list and yet they all end up in the back-to-school cart when Daddy, Jake, and Jenny pick out school supplies while Mommy's off shopping in another part of the store. In this heartwarming and hilarious tale, Jake and Jenny surprise Daddy with one more special item that most definitely isn't on the list.

Just Like My Dad

Just Like My Dad
Author: David Melling
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2007
Genre: Ducks
ISBN:

A little lion cub can't wait to grow up and do everything just like his father.

Reading My Father

Reading My Father
Author: Alexandra Styron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1416591818

"Reading My Father" is an intimate, moving, and beautifully written portrait of the novelist William Styron by his daughter, Alexandra.

Josephine Against the Sea

Josephine Against the Sea
Author: Shakirah Bourne
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338642111

Meet Josephine, the most loveable mischief-maker in Barbados, in a magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology. * “A heart-wrenching adventure with big laughs and well-earned surprises.” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away. She's desperate to make it onto her school's cricket team because she'll get to play her favorite sport AND use the cricket matches to distract Daddy from dating. But when Coach Broomes announces that girls can't try out for the team, the frustrated Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life . . . The next day, Daddy brings home a new catch, a beautiful woman named Mariss. And unlike the other girlfriends, this one doesn't scare easily. Josephine knows there's something fishy about Mariss but she never expected her to be a vengeful sea creature eager to take her place as her father's first love! Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from Mariss's clutches before it's too late?