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Author : M. Clark
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 22,69 MB
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1476780218
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Author : Jonetta Rose Barras
Publisher : One World
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 034544440X
What happens to a little girl who grows up without a father? Can she ever feel truly loved and fully alive? Does she ever heal—or is she doomed to live a wounded, fragmented life and to pass her wounds down to her own children? Fatherlessness afflicts nearly half the households in America, and it has reached epidemic proportions in the African-American community, with especially devastating consequences for black women. In this powerful, searingly intimate book, accomplished journalist, poet, and fiction writer Jonetta Rose Barras breaks the code of silence and gives voice to the experiences of America's fatherless women—starting with herself. "We are legions—a choir of wounded—listen to the dirge we sing," writes Barras of the millions of black women like her who lost, either through abandonment, rejection, poverty, or death, the men who gave them life. A father is the first man in a girl's life—the first man to look in her eyes, protect her, care for her, love her unconditionally. Fathers fashion their daughters as expertly and as powerfully as they do their sons. When a girl loses this man, she grows up with an ache that nothing else can soothe. Psychologists have found that fatherless daughters are far more likely to suffer from debilitating rage, depression, abuse, and addictions; they tend to seek "sexual healing" through promiscuity or anti-intimate behavior and end up fearing or despising the men whose love they crave. Barras knows from personal experience the traps and the fury of being a black fatherless daughter, and she makes her own life story the heart and soul of her book, alternating chapters of spellbinding memoir with the stories she has gathered from women all over the country. Passionate and shockingly frank, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl is the first book to explore the plight of America's fatherless daughters from the unique perspective of the African-American community. Like Hope Edelman's New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters, this brilliant volume gives all fatherless daughters the knowledge that they are not alone and the courage to overcome the hidden pain they have suffered for so long.
Author : Garrison Keillor
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781423105145
O baby won’t you dance with me Little baby bouncing on my knee Wave your hands and shake your feet Ooohh baby you’re so sweet…/DIV DIV From the familiar pleasures of baby’s favorite food to the joy of dancing together, this collection of three songs celebrates the special relationship between a daddy and his little girl.
Author : Brittani Williams
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781933967691
Two women--Mimi, a former good girl with a penchant for bad boys, and Giselle, a gorgeous, high-maintenance diva who gets married for the wrong reasons--discover that their lavish lifestyles come with a high price. Original.
Author : Julia Latchem-Smith
Publisher : Headline
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,20 MB
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1472211227
To the outside world Julia's family was a picture of respectability; middle-class, decent, loving. But between the ages of eight and thirteen Julia's father sexually abused her. While Julia's mother's obsessive domestic tendencies occupied her elsewhere, Julia's father concentrated his attentions on his daughter. When, eventually, Julia twice found the courage to reveal what was happening to her, her mother encouraged her to retract her allegations. Years later, after Julia had married and had two daughters, her father confessed - and Julia was able to record their conversation and press charges. Her father is currently serving eight years in prison. Julia no longer has a relationship with her mother and brother, but she has successfully rebuilt a new life for herself. This the dramatic story of how, by confronting her painful past, Julia has begun to build herself a successful future.
Author : Mike Turpen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 31,33 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781482586961
Harrison Kringe loses more than his wife when she suddenly dies after giving birth; he loses his mind. He blames his newborn baby girl for his devastating loss. She will pay the price for his insanity. Taught from birth to know only unimaginable horror, Harrison creates a monster. Can he control his creation, or will he become a victim of 'Daddy's Little Girl'?
Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Dell
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0399179631
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Danielle Steel’s riveting novel, three women raised by their father on a sprawling California ranch now confront difficult truths about their past. Decades ago, after the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. But when he dies suddenly at the age of sixty-four, the ranch is inherited by his three daughters—each of them finding it impossible to believe that this larger-than-life figure is gone from their lives. JT’s relationship with each daughter was entirely different. Caroline, the youngest and most reserved, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major television star. Kate, the eldest, stayed at home with her father to do his bidding as a ranch hand, without thanks or praise, forsaking marriage and a family of her own for the love of him. Now, upon JT’s death, the paper trail he leaves behind begins to reveal much more than the three sisters ever guessed about who he really was. It will turn their world upside down, and each of them must grapple with a new reality, strengthening their relationships with one another, and discovering who they are now as grown women, in spite of him. Set against the magnificent backdrop of the West and the drama of a family in turmoil, Daddy’s Girls is the story of three remarkable women and their unique bond to each other—the daughters of a complex, many-faceted, domineering father who left his mark on each of them.
Author : Victoria McFarley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2017-06-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781545287200
"On a very special day, a precious, beautiful little girl was born. I named her Nahla, and on the first day I saw her, I knew I would love her forever." This is the story of how a father shows his unconditional love to his daughter as he watches her grow from childhood to an adult. No matter how much his daughter's growing pains may have an effect on their bond, he continues to remind his daughter that she is now and will always be "Daddy's Little Girl." "Daddy's Little Girl" will capture the hearts of the young and the old as it displays the importance of having fathers around making a positive impact on their daughters and making sure that they understand love and how love is supposed to feel, because they received it from their father first.
Author : John Carter Cash
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 144243533X
Grammy Award-winner John Carter Cash flies readers to magical castles by the sea as one little girl shares an adventure with her daddy by her side. The special bond between father and daughter protects them from pirates and alligators and guides them on the backs of eagles on which they return to their own home…where Daddy tucks his little girl safely in her bed. Daddy reminds his little girl that however far they might roam and however high they fly, his love for his little girl will always keep them safe and strong. .
Author : Nellian Vidal-Badalamenti
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1449074308
Let the magic of a lullaby soothe your young child to sleep... This thirty-seven year old family tradition will win your child's heart and become a parent-child bonding experience like none you've ever known. Everyone knows a child's first years are the most precious and quickest to pass you by, but now you can capture these moments and keep them, even share them for years to come! Every little girl will love this book, this lullaby will stand the test of time and "Daddies" everywhere will have memories of singing it to their daughter's which will never fade.