Father Of The Man: A Journey Toward Reconciliation - Inspiring Memoir About Father-Son Relationships & Family Healing | Perfect for Book Clubs, Therapy, and Personal Growth

Dr. Colman writes in a unique style that interweaves New England history, his family's oral history, and his own memories from childhood to the present. It is not a chronological timeline, but a human account of a man struggling throughout his life to connect with his father -- it is put together as a puzzle, piece by piece, sometimes moving from one section to another, and done so genuinely that, in the end, we don't even need all the pieces to the puzzle. He puts his readers at ease with his honesty, and shares emotions that we can relate to: sadness, abandonment, curiosity, frustration -- then presses on with forgiveness, humility and hope. His writing reveals the intricacies of human relationships and the imperfect nature of people, while highlighting the primal need to for intimacy between child and father. A demonstration of how withholding judgment and stepping out with compassion have the power to bring about reconciliation, and often, as in Dr. Colman's life, a contagious form of reconciliation.