![]() ![]() ![]() Looking back, she writes that no matter how unkind and dismissive she was to him, “I couldn’t quite believe it. Because he stuck around despite Jessica’s resistance, he became the father she needed. Her chapter, titled, “How to Make Ice and Other Things My Stepfather Taught Me,” tells how her stepfather, unlike the men who had previously come into her mother’s life, was strong and caring. Jessica tells how the ties between fathers and daughters don’t necessarily depend on biology. Most have a redemptive quality, as though writing about their relationships with their fathers gained the writers clarity and some resolution to the complexity of those relationships. Lisa says, “I don’t think I’ve ever been as lonely as I was that year-before or since.”Įach story provides a certain drama and conflict. Saleema’s father disappeared when she was two years old, leaving her to continually look for a father figure. There’s Susan, whose father’s alcoholism created a chasm between them even as she took responsibility for his unhappiness and inability to connect with her. ![]() Each account is deeply felt and readers will undoubtedly relate to one or more of their stories. What My Father Gave Me: Daughters Speak is written by seven female writers who are also daughters. The relationship between fathers and daughters is deeply personal, often complicated, and lasts a lifetime within a daughter’s heart. ![]()
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