FATHER'S DAY READING

Some recent books on Fathers, available at the Elk Grove Library, include:

Falling through the Earth: A Memoir by Danielle Trussoni--growing up with a divorced Vietnam-veteran father in small-town Wisconsin (NEW 306.874 TRU)

The Bill from My Father: A Memoir by Bernard Cooper--reviews the tense relationship between the author and his highly-successful divorce-lawyer father (who once sent him a bill of 2 million dollars for his upbringing) (NEW 813.54 COO)

Six Lessons for Six Sons: An Extraordinary Father, a Simple Formula for Success by Joe Massengale and David Clow--Massengale recounts how he and his six sons use basic moral principles (fortitude, pride, persistence, fearlessness, and focus) in their successful daily lives (NEW 650.1089 MAS)

A Legacy of Faith: Things I Learned from My Father by Ruth Graham--in this companion book to her earlier A Legacy of Love: Things I Learned from My Mother, Ruth Graham recalls her childhood, happy even though her father was away a lot of the time (NEW 248.4 GRA)

My Father Is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud by Janna Malamud Smith--using letters and journal entries Janna remembers her novelist father (NEW 813.54 SMI)

A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father by Chris Lemmon--"warm" memories of a father who was often absent, but very attentive and fun when he was around (NEW BIO LEMMON, J.)

To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession by Dan Koeppel--Koeppel recalls his doctor father's extreme obsession with "listing" birds and its effect on his family (NEW LP 598.072 KOE)

Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life (2004) by Tim Russert--Meet the Press moderator Russert recalls the influence his blue-collar Dad had on his life (070.92 RUS)

Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons edited by Tim Russert--collection of letters selected from the thousands written to TV newsman Russert after his book Big Russ and Me came out telling about their own fathers (NEW 306.8742 WIS)

Two of Us: The Story of a Father, a Son, and the Beatles (2004) by Peter Smith--how a love of Beatles music brought a father and his seven year old son closer in friendship (306.8742 SMI)

FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father's Code (2004) by Maura Conlon-McIvor--memoir of growing up in the '60's in a Catholic family with a remote father she finally comes to know (306.8742 CON)

First Daughters: Letters between U.S. Presidents and Their Daughters (2004) edited by Gerard W. Gawalt and Ann G. Gawal--letters covering many topics written to their daughters by presidents from Adams to Clinton (973.099 FIR)