Trust the Bluer Skies: Meditations on Fatherhood

By Paulo da Costa

Book Overview

Award-winning author paulo da costa meditates on fatherhood, place, and memory during a trip to his childhood home in Vale de Cambra, Portugal.

During an extended stay in his childhood home in Portugal, author paulo da costa distills the wide-eyed innocence, joy, and curiosity of his four-year-old son as he meets his aging grandparents and explores an unfamiliar country and culture into a beautiful, tender, and poetic portrait of father-son relationships.

Evocative and heartwarming, Trust the Bluer Skies is a literary time capsule--a father's vivid account of his son's early years, a sensory-rich journey through rural Portugal, and a poignant exploration of masculinities that is positive, compassionate, and nurturing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889779953
• ISBN13: 9780889779952
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.1"