Baby Leo loves the water, so his father takes him to swim class with the other toddlers.

"You'd die for your family. But would you kill for them? I had always believed my father capable of a massacre. Whenever I heard on the news that there had been a killing spree, I would hold my breath, unable to relax until it was clear that it couldn't have been him. Randolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. Now he has an attractive, intelligent wife and two...

"Young Ben wants a beard of his very own so he can look like the coolest guy around--his dad"--

Collects straightforward, amusing quotes from the author's father on such topics as cheating, relationships, religion, and family.

"He doesn't look old enough to drink, let alone wear a badge. But twenty-year-old Sheriff Dan Starkweather has a lifetime of hatred for his outlaw father--and he sure can shoot. Clint Adams is impressed--and agrees to help track the senior Starkweather's gang. When Nate Starkweather shoots a sheriff, he aims for the tin badge--which is why the kid had his made of iron. So all Clint and Dan have to do is follow the shot-through badges. But when the...

"Pablo and his dad are ready for a fun day together at the farmer's market -- what's better than a bike ride, doughnuts, and hot apple cider? But Pablo's dad says that everything Pablo picks out is too big for him. It's just not fair! What if he was in charge and his dad was the kid, Pablo wonders. And his dad stops to think about it, too. This light-hearted but thoughtful look at fairness introduces a important subject that everyone encounters throughout...

"A boy keeps a toy dinosaur in his pocket to help him be brave like his dad--but when the dinosaur goes missing, Dad knows just what to do"--

"A grieving Hector Peterson and his estranged father Winston Telemacque arrive on the lush island of Dominica in 2017 to spread his mother's ashes when Hurricane Maria strikes. Amid the devastation, the fragile peace between father and son is tested as long-buried family secrets at the heart of Hector's identity are unearthed. Hector faces down his failed marriage, shipwrecked career, and his own failures as a father, while Winston, after three decades...

Earl Marcus thought he had left the mountains of Georgia behind forever, and with them, the painful memories of a childhood spent under the fundamentalist rule of his father RJ's church--a church built on fear, penance, and the twisting, writhing mass of snakes. But then an ominous photo of RJ is delivered to Earl's home. The photograph is dated long after his father's burial, and there's no doubt that the man in the picture is very much alive.