The Book of Dad
Paul Barker
The Book that will forever define the essentially comic state of being, acting, looking, and sounding like a Dad.You think you know your Dad? You think he gets up to go to work every morning, does his job, eats his lunch, has an afternoon snack or three, then comes home and eats dinner in front of the TV? On the weekend, maybe he mows the lawn or fixes that broken shelf, or has a few jars down the pub with the lads? You think that’s what Dads do, don’t you? You think that’s all there is?Oh, how little you know.A hymn to all things paternal, ‘The Book of Dad’ will change the way you think about your Dad, my Dad, his Dad, their Dad, Everybody’s Dad. Including such marvellous chapters as Know Your Dad, The World According to Dad, Dads Through The Ages (from Caveman Dad up to Victorian Dad), How To Be A Dad, and The Dad-to-Be, ‘The Book of Dad’ is a highly illustrated, high-quality, highly anticipated romp through the pantheon of Dadness…and beyond…but not too far.
Dadication’s What You Need!
Written by A Dad
(Paul Barker)
Contents
Foreword (#ulink_2d13a6c3-621c-53d9-9709-fa48fcb113ec)
Part One
Know your Dad
Part Two
The Spotter’s Guide
Part Three
Dads Through the Ages
Part Four
The Family Jigsaw
Part Five
The Gospel According to Dad
Part Six
The Psychology of Dad
Part Seven
The Natural Dad
Part Eight
The Dad-to-Be
Part Nine
How To Be a Dad
Part Ten
Ask Dad
Part Eleven
Dad Recipes
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Copyright
About the Publisher
Foreword, Who is Dad?
Dad. Say it. Dad. What does Dad mean? Dad’s not Father. No. Not Papa. Definitely not. Not Daddy, not Daddio. No way. Don’t even consider Pater. Dad is something and someone else entirely. Dad. He has a solid monosyllabic quality, a comforting bluntness. Dad is all homely and informal in his open-necked shirt. Dad is unique and universal, a fascinating amalgam of qualities, vices and foibles. Dad is drama and excitement, unfolding action, comedy, romance, soap opera, game show. All human life is in Dad. Dad is a landscape and a portrait. Dad is history; Dad is culture. Dad reaches his arms around the world. Dad is a king with an invisible crown. Dad is the centre, gravity, the slowly spinning gyroscope from which all things come. Dad is all this and more. Pretty much.
You might be a Dad; you might not. But, whoever you are, rich or poor, black or white, great or small, man, woman or child, you will know how essential Dad can be. You will know of an occasion, an incident, an accident, something from your very own past that says something about the nature, the role, the purpose of Dad. Dad is part of nature’s great cycle. Dads have children; children have Dads. And so on. It’s time to celebrate Dad.
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