Dad's Past

Dad's Past: My First 50 Years is an account of one man's reluctant journey into maturity. A storybook for adults, Dad's Past presents 52 separate slices of time, told in the first person by our protagonist, Dad, a unremarkable and imperfect individual, traveling from geekdom to middle age, and finally to fatherhood. Dad, whose anonymity is cleverly preserved throughout his stories, is a youthful adventurer, a bearer of bad judgment, friend, foe, and everything in between, with a drive and resilience that move the reader from one narrative to the next. His everyday experiences, sometimes with bizarre twists and turns, often end with Dad on the wrong side of the joke, easy to relate to and mostly sympathetic. This book of fiction blends its overarching humor with occasional Dark Side, mystery, sex, romance, and raunch, bringing smiles and indulgence time and time again.