My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Fifty-four adventures in six years. That’s what thirty-eight-year-old journalist Laura Carney embarked on when she discovered her late father Mick’s bucket list.
Killed in a car crash when Laura was twenty-five, Mick seemed lost forever. My Father’s List is the story of how one woman—with the help of family, friends, and even strangers—found the courage to go after her own dreams after realizing those of a beloved yet mysterious man. This is a story about secrets—and the freedom we feel when we learn to trust again: in life, in love, and in a father’s lessons on how to fully live.
Customer Reviews
Inspirational
My Father’s List
How Living My Dad’s Dreams
Set Me Free
By Laura Carney
Memoir
Book Review By Sylvia Jacobs
This is a memoir about Laura’s father and how she did the things on his bucket list when he passed away. She actually finished it. What a tribute to her dad this is. This book can help others as she turned her terrible loss of her dad into something positive. This book will inspire many people. Some say “it will challenge you to face all your fears.” All the events described in the book are true.
How many things are listed on the bucket list? Who found the bucket list? One will have to read the book to find out. As discussed in the book, it can take years to understand all that is lost when someone you love passes away. Moving forward afterwards takes a lot of strength and the way Laura does it is one for the books. This is truly inspiring for all.
How does one heal from these losses? Will a photograph do it? Will remembering a conversation one had with the person work you through the grief?
The bucket list was listed on three pieces of folded notebook paper. The list was in a small brown suede pouch with a drawstring. Her dad wrote the list when he was 29 years old. The list was titled “things I would like to do in my lifetime.”
One positive of the book starts in the Foreword of the book.
When will adore this quote shared in the Foreword. “Miracle shall follow miracle and wonders shall never cease.”
A negative was learning that Laura’s father passed away in 2003 after being struck with a car by a distracted 17 year old driver. Laura was only 25 years old at that time. At that time she was pursuing her dream of becoming a writer in New York.
Laura‘s dad encouraged her and really wanted her to become a writer. That was one dream she had to make happen.
Eight years later, she worked at a women’s magazine, her dad would have been very proud of her.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars for the love this author had for her father. The love was shown by the author writing such a book. Can you imagine doing a bucket list left by a parent? This is one amazing human and quite an inspiration for all.
This book is recommended for all that want to be inspired. “Love can only enter your heart when you give it away.” There is much to quote from this amazing book that all are talking about.