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The author chronicles her changing relationship with her father following her mother's death, explaining how he became increasingly dependent upon her and speaking to universal concerns that children must confront as their parents age
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By turning personal loss into a story of universal themes, Susan Wicks poignantly speaks of the changes and concerns that children face as their parents grow older. With a poetic touch and unflinching honesty, her approach here is as unconventional as it is heartfelt."When people asked me which of my parents I preferred, I always said my father." Yet, after an anguished call about her mother's death, the author knew that her childhood days with her father behind the wheel of the car were gone. With her father widowed and inconsolable, their relationship becomes increasingly unsettled. Driving My Father is a closer look at those changes, a chronicle made up of glimpses, brief episodes and a candid meditation on how father and daughter adapted to their new lifestyles.
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