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    I Will Do Better: A Father's Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love
    I Will Do Better: A Father's Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love
    I Will Do Better: A Father's Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love
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    I Will Do Better: A Father's Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love

    Written by Charles Bock

    Narrated by Charles Bock

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    An acclaimed writer’s frank and tender memoir of parenting his toddler daughter in the wake of his wife’s untimely death

    The novelist Charles Bock was a reluctant parent, tagging along for the ride of fatherhood, obsessed primarily with his dream of a writing career. But when his daughter Lily was six months old, his wife, Diana, was diagnosed with a complex form of leukemia. Two and a half years later, when all treatments and therapies had been exhausted, Bock found himself a widower—devastated, drowning in medical bills, and saddled with a daunting responsibility. He had to nurture Lily and, somehow, maybe even heal himself.

    I Will Do Better is his pull-no-punches account of what happened next. Playdates, music classes, temper tantrums, oh-so-cool babysitters, first days at school, family reunions, single-parent dating, and a crippling citywide natural disaster were minefields especially treacherous for Charles and Lily because of their preexisting vulnerability: their grief.

    Charles sought help from friends, family, and therapists, but this overgrown middle-aged boy-man and this plucky child became, foremost, a duo—they found their way together.

    By turns comical and heartbreaking, I Will Do Better does not shy from moments of sadness, anger, or awkwardness. It’s the remarkable journey of two defiant and wounded people, and their personal growth in the name of love.

    "A uniquely forthright and powerful addition to the literature of fatherhood."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 1, 2024
    ISBN9798892745789
    I Will Do Better: A Father's Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love

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