Reviews for What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To and Letting Go of Their Daughters

The average rating for What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To and Letting Go of Their Daughters based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-10 00:00:00 Diane Hesler The relationship between dads and their daughters is often complicated in ways neither understands or is likely to talk about much. A peek into the dad's side of the equation can be glimpsed through a new collection of stories called What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To and Letting Go of Their Daughters, edited by Andrea N. Richesin. These stories honestly express the fears, hopes, insecurities, and dreams dads feel for their daughters. There are dads of newborn daughters, young daughters, adopted daughters, and adult daughters. One particularly powerful story even portrays a dad's experience of having his wife deliver a stillborn baby girl. Each essay is moving in its own way. Some will make you laugh, and others will make you cry, but they will all give you reason to contemplate the father-daughter dynamic. Pictures of the contributors with their daughters are in the back of the book, and I found myself studying the photo of a writer and his daughter after reading his essay. If you particularly like a writer's style, in many cases you'll also find other works he's written listed in the bio. I'm not sure who would enjoy this book most, dads or daughters. Moms are likely to want to read it too, for the insights they may gain about their own dads as well as their husbands.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-31 00:00:00 ktqxqtcy catuiile This was an easy read... the essays got repetitive after a while. Some definitely stood out and were better than others. It was good to read about parenting/fatherhood from a man/father's perspective. Especially because my husband, who is an AWESOME dad, isn't quite an "artistic" or "romantic" type who can put his feelings into words. All of the contributors are professional writers, so it kind of limits the scope of experience they have in life. It would've been interesting to read essays written by engineers or doctors, etc. It was interesting, though, to read about fatherhood from a non-LDS perspective.