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Fresh kills

2008
John Sanders, Jr. reunites with his sister Julia to plan the funeral of their estranged father, and although Junior believed himself to be unaffected by his father's death, his return to his childhood home sparks a quest for vengeance that soon has him raging out of control against even the people who love him the most.

The journal of best practices

a memoir of marriage, Asperger syndrome, and one man's quest to be a better husband
2012
A memoir by a man who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at age thirty, which discusses his determination to successfully manage his condition and become a better husband and father.

Only the best

1981
A father tries to decide what is the best gift in the world to give his baby daughter at the festival of Succoth.

Every single night

2006
Simon gets himself ready for bed every night and waits for his dad to come in and say the magic words that put the world safely to sleep.

Starman

sins of the father
1996
After the death of his father, young Jack Knight is forced to take over his role as legendary superhero Starman.

Triburbia

a novel
2012
After dropping their children off at school, a group of fathers meet at a nearby coffee shop and discuss their lives. Over the course of a year, they reveal their hopes, dreams, and secrets as they confront the harsh realities of their lives and what they do to move forward.

This is where I leave you

2009
Judd Foxman honors his father's dying request by spending a week with his dysfunctional family while simultaneously coping with his wife's infidelity.

The king of lies

2006
Jackson Workman "Work" Pickens, a criminal defense attorney in a class-conscious southern town, has come to hate his profession and his life, with the burdens of a bad marriage, psychologically damaged sister, and missing father weighing him down, but he is shocked out of his inertia when his father's corpse is found and Work becomes the prime suspect in the murder.

Rainlight

2001
While Mallie and her family put their lives back together after her father leaves them, they realize how their lives and identities have become intertwined throughout the years.

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