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My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers
Ted (Ed) Kessler
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Description for My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers
Paperback. .
If you were asked to write about your father, what would you say? Florence Welch, Paul Weller, Nina Stibbe and the sons and daughters of Ian Dury, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle, Leonard Cohen and many others relate the quirks, flaws and quiet heroisms of their dads. By turns funny, tender and heartbreaking, My Old Man offers a unique opportunity to reflect on our own relationships with our dads - who they really are, and how we come to understand ourselves through them.
If you were asked to write about your father, what would you say? Florence Welch, Paul Weller, Nina Stibbe and the sons and daughters of Ian Dury, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle, Leonard Cohen and many others relate the quirks, flaws and quiet heroisms of their dads. By turns funny, tender and heartbreaking, My Old Man offers a unique opportunity to reflect on our own relationships with our dads - who they really are, and how we come to understand ourselves through them.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782114000
SKU
V9781782114000
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-42
About Ted (Ed) Kessler
Ted Kessler was a staff writer and editor at NME throughout the 1990s and has been at Q since 2004, where he is currently the magazine's features editor. He has also written for the Observer, Guardian, New Statesman and many other publications. Ted lives in London with his partner and their two children. www.myoldman.org @TedKessler1
Reviews for My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers
Poignant and often moving
Observer
Timeless . . . An eclectic group of men, young or old, but not quite gone: lingering still in words and memories
Guardian
A medley of happiness and heartache
Sunday Times
Moving
Sunday Telegraph
It's the open acknowledgement of dads as flawed - but still loved and mostly admired - that makes this collection of short tales of fathers so moving
Daily Mail
A really wonderful, very moving book . . . Perfect
Caught by the River
Poignant, funny and sad
Q
Funny, thoughtful and proper lump-in-your-throat moving
Red
A lovely little book . . . should offer comfort to anyone who has had difficulties with their father while also warming the heart with tales of parenting done how it should be
Bookmunch
Observer
Timeless . . . An eclectic group of men, young or old, but not quite gone: lingering still in words and memories
Guardian
A medley of happiness and heartache
Sunday Times
Moving
Sunday Telegraph
It's the open acknowledgement of dads as flawed - but still loved and mostly admired - that makes this collection of short tales of fathers so moving
Daily Mail
A really wonderful, very moving book . . . Perfect
Caught by the River
Poignant, funny and sad
Q
Funny, thoughtful and proper lump-in-your-throat moving
Red
A lovely little book . . . should offer comfort to anyone who has had difficulties with their father while also warming the heart with tales of parenting done how it should be
Bookmunch