Replacing Dad

By Shelley Fraser Mickle

Book Overview

Friends of American Writers Award. Once upon a time, in the small town of Palm Key, Florida, there was a model family. The father, George, was the grade-school principal. The mother, Linda, loved George. And both loved their three happy children--Drew, Mandy, and George the Second. Then George the First dumped Linda for Mandy's fifth-grade teacher. The story, which Linda and Drew take turns telling, is filled with the courage that families thrive on. "A refreshingly sweet story of a newly divorced mother struggling to keep her family together." --Publishers Weekly, starred; "Gently humorous and deftly written."--Miami Herald.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565120175
• ISBN13: 9781565120174
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 1.0" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Funny and poignant ... an engaging read

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has poignant moments as the mother and son reveal in alternating chapters the hole left in their lives and their family's life by the departure of the father. It also has moments so funny that I laughed out loud. Yes it's predictable as the Kirkus review said ... but the journey is so engaging that I forgot to care about that.

Excellent!

A damn fine follow-up to her first book. Any reading list that includes Anne Tyler, and Alice Hoffman must, if there is any justice in the world, include Shelly Fraser-Mickle.