I Had a Dad Too is the story of an ordinary family who carried extraordinary weight. Raised in the Warwickshire village of Cubbington, England, in a neurodiverse household before anyone had the word for it, Arwyn Pennington Bailey grew up finding his voice in a church choir, his refuge in music, and his footing in a world that rarely made sense. Across eighteen chapters he walks the reader, with utmost honesty and frankness, through a life of love and loss, bullying and abuse, faith and doubt, money and survival, and the devastating loss of his brother Gareth to suicide. It is a memoir about what it means to matter—not to history, not to strangers, but to the people whose lives one touches. This is a debut about love, loss, and learning to be stronger. The quiet lives are the ones that matter most.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Testimonials
- A First Foreword
- A Second Foreword
- Introduction
- Notes For The Reader
- 1. A Child Is Born
- 2. The Biker
- 3. The Call Up
- 4. If Music Be The Food Of Love
- 5. Roll Over Beethoven
- 6. The Welsh Scottish And Irish Connections
- 7. The Date Cigarettes Booze And Marriage
- 8. The Garden Shed Tragedy And Hope
- 9. Seeing The Light
- 10. We Don’t Need No Education
- 11. Racism And Journey Into Silence
- 12. I’m Alright Jack
- 13. No Sex Please We’re British
- 14. Money Money Money
- 15. Winners Never Quit And Quitters Never Win
- 16. The One That Got Away
- 17. Suicide Is Painless
- 18. Faith Can Move Mountains
- Conclusion
- Learn More
- About The Author
- Acknowledgements
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