A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver - Inspirational Biography for Father's Day Gifts & Family Reading

This is only the second book I have reviewed on Amazon. I got this book for Father's Day (how appropriate)and yes, I did request it but was skeptical that it would add anything to my knowledge and reverence for Sarge. Having read many books on the Kennedys and Stossel's execellent biography, I thought what else could be said. Well I WAS WRONG. This is about the most beautiful, moving story about a father and his children written in a long time. Sarge apart from being an astounding public servant whose legacy will live on forever, was the type of father we should all strive to be or hope to have. Never failing to support his children, never failing to express his love and never failing to be a shining beacon of truth, compassion and conviction. Mark's description of his father's faith, love for his wife and children makes us all crave for that kind of life. Mark's struggles with the Kennedy legacy and the battle of the cousins were honest, heartfelt and inciteful. However the strenth of the book lies in Mark's description of Sarge's decline with Alzheimers. I think I shed many tears through the last third of the book thinking about the loss he was feeling and the burdens he was bearing. Nothing is more moving than his admiration for his father's ability to power through his disease with the love and faith that he always had. Sarge's speech at Yale where he said "break the glass" was a lesson for everyone of all ages. As Pres. Clinton said at his funeral, "he (sarge) was really that good" and maybe even better. When Mark's ask his father in a lucid moment about what it felt like to have Alzheimer's and he responds "I am doing the best I can with what god has given me" is an adage that we should all live by.The book should have been entitled "Two Good Men" because Mark clearly showed how he was not just a good and loving son, but a Good Man just like his father probably hoped he would be.I cannot recommend this book enough and it is a must read for fathers and their children. Enjoy!