Your Father has Something to Tell You
What kind of shadow does a family secret cast over the child?
by Dave Riese
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Pub Date Jan 21 2021 | Archive Date Jul 11 2023
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Description
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 his sister who has been caring for their parents alone 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. His memories include many childhood events 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.
Advance Praise
"The story is very interesting and was told from the perspective of Mark. It captured family life experiences in an enchanting way. The characters are well developed and the book has a good plot that centered on interpersonal relationships within the family. — Official Review, ILoveUniqueBooks.com
The story moves along at a leisurely pace and eventually reaches a surprising conclusion, and finally a touching end that may leave you teary, 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.— Lorraine Cobcroft, Readers' Favorite, 5 star Review
Your Father Has Something to Tell You by Dave Riese is a thought-provoking installment that will evoke deep emotions in you. It has been a while since I read a book that made me cry. This one touched my heart. Dave Riese had a way of pulling closer to the tale with his figurative language and vivid descriptions. Furthermore, he managed to include instances of humor.— JonesLeeh, Online Book Club
Featured Reviews
Edna G, Reviewer
Your Father has Something to Tell You
What kind of shadow does a family secret cast over the child?
This is a very good book. Gosh, I cried big ugly tears. I felt gutted for everyone by the end. Not many books can make me CRY. Such a touching one.
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