My Father's Heart: A Son's Journey
by Steve McKee
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Author: Steve McKeeEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2008-01-22
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: An engaging and informative memoir
Summary: 5 Stars
Author Steve McKee's father died from a heart attack in 1969 when he was 50 years old. His father, John, was a lifelong smoker with a stress-filled job. Steve had tried to get his father to quit smoking and change his lifestyle, but to no avail. Sixteen at the time of his father's death, Steve vowed to avoid his father's bad habits. He never smoked, exercised religiously and tried to avoid job-induced stress. Yet, as age 52, he found out that he had cardiovascular disease.
My Father's Heart is "the story of one father, one son and one family." It is the story of a son's journey to get to know his father better and to better understand himself.
"I have become who I am because of Dad, because of that night," writes McKee, who was alone with his father at home when he suffered the fatal heart attack.
McKee tells the story starting with the first day he returned to school after his father's death and concluding with the day his father died, a week earlier.
McKee does an excellent job of sharing memories of his father, detailing family history, interspersing information about cardiovascular disease, and discussing growing up in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It's a memoir worth reading.
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