Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces
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You are born into a family and those are your people, and they know you and they love you and if you are lucky they even, on occasion, manage to understand you. And that ought to be enough. But it is never enough
What are you allowed to talk about with your children? When to step in with advice, when to let them make their own mistakes? Itβs more complicated than you think. Somehow you muddle through.
In this heartfelt, humorous and wise book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts to weigh in on difficult conversations with his children, on everything from texting girls to death. But it is when he hangs back that he catches them transforming into their own people. What emerges is a fatherβs deep respect for his childrenβs passions and for their bravery in the face of conformity.
Whether you know the joy and struggles of being a father, or were shaped by one, you will find a home in these stunning essays.
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Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prizeβwinning author of the novels The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Final Solution, The Yiddish Policemenβs Union, Gentlemen of the Road, Telegraph Avenue and Moonglow; the short story collections A Model World and Werewolves in Their Youth; and the essay collections Maps and Legends and Manhood for Amateurs. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.
