BOOKS
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Dreamer’s Daughter: Surviving My Childhood and Raising My Father
A DAUGHTER’ S INSPIRING MEMOIR OF A CHILDHOOD SHORT ON MONEY BUT RICH IN ALL THE REST, AND OF HER ECCENTRIC AND MISGUIDED FATHER, WHO FAILS SPECTACULARLY AT EVERY THING— EXCEPT BEING A LOVING PARENT
In a mining town where hope is as tapped out as gold, a mother abandons her two children, leaving them in the custody of their free-spirited father. Colorful and largerthan- life, Dacker Thicke is a dreamer whose schemes and small businesses never quite pan out. But he’s always chasing the next big thing. When the family loses everything in a house fire, Dacker considers it the ultimate freedom and leads his children on a cross-country road trip that will force them to rely on his wits and dubious judgment. Amid the chaos, Lori must raise herself and her younger brother—and, on occasion, her father. When she strives for independence, she discovers that it’s hard to leave home when home has wheels and keeps following you around.
A coming-of-age memoir, Dreamer’s Daughter is a life-affirming story about forgiving our parents—and ourselves. It’s a celebration of the love we find in even the most unconventional families, and how sometimes we need to leave home to find our way back.
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A Late Storm
Sometimes storms that come late do the most damage.
Bella is a 60-something American living in Paris. Suddenly, her settled life is upended. When her marriage breaks up, her son goes off to university, and she is pushed into retirement, Bella finds herself alone and on the shelf. With no purpose or plan for how to live the latter part of her life, she has too much whiskey one night and makes a rash decision. Over the Internet, she rents an apartment in a Mexican fishing village.
Then she discovers a hurricane is heading directly her way.
The people she encounters — a free-spirited American, a biologist fighting for the community’s water supply, and a fearless local journalist targeted by the cartel — teach her she can survive anything.
They also teach her to thrive. With the help of this community, Bella discovers that it’s never too late to find your life’s purpose — and that you’re never too old to fall in love.
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LORI’S READING LIST
Here are some of my all-time favorite memoirs about unusual parents:
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt
The Color of Water, James McBride
Educated, Tara Westover
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy
Liar’s Club, Mary Karr
Lit, Mary Karr
Maus, Art Spiegelman
PriestDaddy, Patricia Lockwood
Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs