A Father's Words

by Richard G. Stern and Richard Stern

Book Overview

Cy Riemer--fifty-ish, divorced, and father of four--surveys the dispersal of his family with a mixture of anxiety, humor, sadness, and pride. In this wry, moving, and wise novel, Richard Stern offers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877957916
• ISBN13: 9780877957911
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Judging This Book by What Kind of Dad We Would Like to Have

I found this book to be very interesting and well-written. Judging its literary merit by asking ourselves if we would like to have a father who says what this father says is like judging Moby Dick based on whether we would want to sail with Captain Ahab. A character's believability seems a more important factor than his likability, doesn't it? And this father's crabbed view of the world is vital to the story.