Your Father has Something to Tell You

What kind of shadow does a family secret cast over the child?

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Pub Date 12 Jan 2021 | Archive Date 22 Apr 2022

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What kind of shadow does a family secret cast over the child?

Mark Aherne is a middle-aged, married man living in Chicago. He's estranged from his parents in Boston, his father having bullied and belittled him throughout his childhood.

One Sunday he receives a desperate phone call from Leslie, his sister, who has cared for their parents for many years. She needs help: his parents are sick and have started drinking again. Mark soon finds himself back with his sister dealing with their parents' loss of independence.

While caring for his parents, he remembers the past when he dealt with his father's emotional effect on him and the family. Although Mark now recognizes the humor in many of his childhood memories, he still recalls those that filled him with guilt and a sense of separation.

As he slowly comes to understand his family's dysfunction, he discovers secrets in his parents' lives that led to their own unhappiness. With his mother's dementia and his father's stubborn isolation, Mark fears his own aging as he learns to lay to rest the experiences of his childhood.

What kind of shadow does a family secret cast over the child?

Mark Aherne is a middle-aged, married man living in Chicago. He's estranged from his parents in Boston, his father having bullied and...


Advance Praise

"I was not sure what the book was going to be. I did not read anything about it before reading it. The title seemed to speak to me and I found the cover intriguing. So I started and did not want to stop...Even though this book is not a memoir the author has given it that feel with certain characteristics of a true to life work of nonfiction. This gets a well done from this reader. I would have no trouble recommending the book to anyone who enjoys a well written good read. -- Garry, Amazon reviewer

I just finished this book, and it’s all I can do not to break down and cry. Dave Riese managed to capture so many feelings from my own experiences with my parents, both of whom are now gone...It was an easy book to read, and I finished it very quickly. I recommend reading this! -- Suzanne Shepherd

A story with a strong plot and well-developed characters. It captures family life experiences in an engaging way…The story moves along at a leisurely pace and eventually reaches a surprising conclusion, and finally a touching end...but will certainly compel you to think deeply about your own relationship with your parents, about the perils of aging, and about your own mortality. A thought-provoking story that reflects a great deal of insight into family relationships. -- Readers’ Favorite, 5 star Review

The story has moments that are touching…which leads readers to an unexpected revelation. -- Kirkus Reviews"

"I was not sure what the book was going to be. I did not read anything about it before reading it. The title seemed to speak to me and I found the cover intriguing. So I started and did not want to...


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This is an interesting book about the evolving relationship between a father and son over time. Told from the son’s point of view, although fiction, the book reads like a memoir. While I was initially disconcerting by the back and forth between the present and the past (I initially found the transitions awkward), I soon realized that this was a critical literary device necessary to tell the story. Highly recommended.

I received this book as an ARC from the publisher and NetGalley.

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These by memoirs drew me in from the start. The honest depiction of the writer’s relationship and challenges faced with elderly parents echoed my own experience. I was in turn smiling and crying.. This was definitely an emotional read for me, which I would definitely recommend.

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This fictional memoir is one of the best that I have read in a long long time.I could easily relate to Mark and his sister,as my home life in the 50's was very similar.
I too discussed with.my parents more than once about their drinking,but was always assured that it was under control and anyway all their friends were doing it.

Both he and his sister had their children raised and both had busy jobs,but managed to spend as much time with their elderly parents as they possibly could.
The mother dying from complications from dementia and losing their father a yr.later to heart failure made for a tearful story at times,but there was also a lot of shit and giggles.This seems to be extra special when it involves your parents.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.and author "Dave Riese" for writing it.
Do yourself a favor and pick up.a copy,you will thoroughly enjoy it !

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