Tell Me a Story, Dad

By JT DeBold

From the author of "The Pink Reich", "Illicit and Covert", "The Slammer" and many more titles. ---

Based on threads of truth from the author's past, Joe is the doting father who accommodates his daughter's childhood requests to "Tell me a story, Dad". In his efforts throughout her life, he scrubs the adversity from difficult journeys as not to upset her with the truth. With each story, the extent of Joe's struggles in life are shared only with the reader. ---

Having survived extreme domestic violence as a child, his departure from his abusive parents at fifteen was more of an escape. Landing in the clutches of a drug dealer, Joe's early efforts seeking a better life were rife with adversity taking years to resolve. Life continued with two more failed attempts at coupling. One had a silver lining by way of the adoption of a beleaguered infant but it gets derailed by adverse circumstances. ---

Life's way of repeating itself rang true for Joe's daughter, Jane, when she and her husband had a birth mother pull the rug out from under their adoption. Grieving their loss, Joe chose to share the story that he had always shielded Jane from with regard to her own adoption. It was one of adversity with the intention of bringing a ray of hope. ---

The life that follows has Joe entrenched in his golden years facing yet another one of fate's harsh realities. Seemingly alone as Jane is living her own life, Joe succumbs to poverty and the fact that he is slowing losing his grip on reality. Not wanting to subject his child to his inevitable fate, Joe leaves under false pretenses to spare her. It is a loving child's worst nightmare the day that her father is discovered missing. Will they be reunited and if so, under what circumstances?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMYFJVVL
• ISBN13: 9798298724197
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"