PRAISE FOR DREAMER’S DAUGHTER
Compassionate, poignant, and surprising, this is a welcome addition to the shelf of memoirs about complicated parent-child bonds. — Publisher’s Weekly
“One of the most beautiful portraits of love I have ever read.”
— Yara Zgheib, author of No Land to Light On
“The best memoir I’ve read this year! This book brims with hope and heart.”
— Janet Skeslien Charles, international bestselling author of The Paris Library
“Captivating and beautifully written, Dreamer’s Daughter invokes the bittersweet drama of being raised by a loving father who was always willing to stake his family’s future on the next big idea. Lori Thicke grew up fast and took notes. If you loved The Glass Castle, you need to read this book.”
— Jessica Waite, bestselling author of The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards
“An unforgettable memoir about love, loss, resilience … and chasing rainbows to the end of the TransCanada Highway with a peripatetic father who taught her to dream big and bounce back. It wasn’t easy growing up with a Dreamer, but Lori’s father left her a rich vein of stories, and she’s mined it for pure gold. I loved it!”
— Plum Johnson, bestselling author of The Trouble with Fairy Tales
“Reminiscent of Jeannette Wall's The Glass Castle. Heartbreaking and beautifully told with humor and love.”
— Pauline Dakin, bestselling author of Run, Hide, Repeat
“With clarity and grace, Lori Thicke traces the aftershocks of a father’s love - intense, unstable, and never safe - as she gathers the scattered pieces of a life built, burned, and rebuilt again. A voice you won’t forget and a story you’ll carry with you.”
— Leslie Bradford-Scott, author of The Liar’s Playbook
“This memoir is funny and sad in equal measure, but above all, it’s loving.”
— Cea Sunrise Person, bestselling author of North of Normal
“Memoirs are at their best when real life defies belief. Lori Thicke’s story of raising her dangerously optimistic father begins with the family house burning down — which would be too perfect a metaphor for a novel. Heart-breaking, hilarious, and beautifully written.”
— Mark Leiren-Young, award-winning author of Never Shoot a Stampede Queen
“Exquisitely written, thoroughly engrossing — by turns heart-wrenching and hilarious.”
— Jake Lamar, award-winning author of Bourgeois Blues and Viper’s Dream
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