What My Daughters Taught Me
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What My Daughters Taught Me

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eBook - ePub

What My Daughters Taught Me

About this book

"Without a word spoken, mothers effortlessly read a room, gauging its temperature, scanning their children's faces and measuring their heartbeats . . . This is the language of love, a language that should not be the monopoly of mothers. It is a language that we men can reclaim and relearn, as it lies dormant within us, waiting to be brought back to life. I was sure that whoever gave women this gift would not have bypassed fathers, in case they ended up like me."
When Joseph Wakim's wife died of breast cancer in 2003, his three daughters were only eleven, nine and four years old. Despite well-meaning friends, family and even strangers telling him he would need help to bring up his daughters, Joseph followed his heart and did the job his way, trusting that he - and the girls - would know what to do. To stop himself from succumbing to grief and taking his daughters with him, Joseph relied on humor and honesty as they all learned to live again and celebrate life, while honoring the memory of his beloved wife, Nadia. Twelve years later, the family is thriving, and Joseph and his daughters have learned hard and valuable truths about each other - and themselves. This moving and engaging memoir will touch the hearts of parents and children everywhere, and may even provide some secrets to family harmony that we can all share.

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Information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781925267877

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. PROLOGUE: EARTHLY PARADISE
  6. HOW TO ACT MY AGE
  7. HOW TO CARRY ON
  8. HOW TO BE A COMPLETE PARENT
  9. HOW TO GRIEVE
  10. HOW TO HOPE AND PRAY
  11. HOW TO KEEP THEIR HAIR ON
  12. HOW TO LOSE A RABBIT
  13. HOW TO PARTY
  14. HOW TO DISPATCH SPIDERS
  15. HOW TO ROCK
  16. HOW TO DO THE MORNING SCRAMBLE
  17. HOW TO COME CLEAN
  18. HOW TO DO THEIR ASSIGNMENTS
  19. HOW TO BE A 'DANCE MOM'
  20. HOW TO SMASH STEREOTYPES
  21. HOW TO WEAVE MAGIC
  22. HOW TO BUY PADS
  23. HOW TO COMPETE WITH A SCREEN
  24. HOW TO SATISFY THE STYLE POLICE
  25. HOW TO WEAR A FORMAL DRESS
  26. HOW TO SAY GOODBYE
  27. HOW TO GET THINGS STRAIGHT
  28. HOW TO BE BUSY
  29. HOW TO MAKE QUALITY TIME
  30. HOW (NOT) TO DRIVE
  31. HOW TO LET THEM DATE
  32. HOW TO LET MYSELF DATE
  33. HOW TO BREAK FREE
  34. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  35. ABOUT THE AUTHOR