Yogi Berra's dad, an immigrant from northern Italy, didn't
see the point of American sports, but taught Yogi to keep
his word and always be on time. Mario Cuomo's father seemed
diminutive (" Maybe he was five foot six if his heels were
not worn" ), but he once led Mario and his brother in a
herculean, nearly impossible effort to hoist and replant a
downed 40-foot-tall blue spruce. C. Everett Koop's dad
imparted to his son the crucial difference between buying
something and affording something. And from her famous
father, Danny, Marlo Thomas learned the wisdom of
forgiveness when he told her," I do not hunch my back with
yesterday."
For My Dad and Me, Larry King asked more than 120
celebrated and successful people about their favorite
memories of their fathers. Their recollections are rich with
life lessons, large and small: Some are truly insightful and
wise, some are hilarious, some are pragmatic, but each is a
genuine reflection of the priceless gift of fatherhood. It's
one thing, after all, to be told about such virtues as
honesty and integrity, hard work and perseverance,
gentleness and strength. It's quite another to see them
living, or even sometimes faltering, within someone you
love.
As warm and funny, reassuring and surprising as dads
themselves, My Dad and Me not only celebrates
fatherhood but also offers some candid glimpses behind the
public images of well-known men and women from Donald Trump
and President George H.W. Bush to Patricia Heaton and Bill
Gates.
Larry King presents a moving and revealing collection of
inspirational stories about fathers--and the life lessons
they teach--from a host of famous men and women,
including:
Chinua Achebe, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Helen
Gurley Brown, President George H. W. Bush, Bob Costas, Alan
Dershowitz, Phyllis Diller, Hugh Downs, Bill Gates, Ira
Glass, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Don Mattingly, Kevin
Nealon, Kurt Russell, Bob Saget, Ryan Seacrest, Marlo
Thomas, Alex Trebek, Donald Trump, Al Yankovic, And many
more . . .
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