Book description
They may be your inspiration or your best friend, kind protectors or
big on homework and manners, there for the first nappy change or
always down the pub - but there is no one else quite like Dad.
In Dads, Britain's finest and funniest share their anecdotes
and personal recollections about both what it is like to be a dad -
from the shock of looking after a new born to the mixed blessings that
are teenagers - and their changing relationships with their own fathers.
The phenomenal list of high-profile contributors includes Sir
Richard Branson, Bill Bryson, Andrew Collins, Jilly Cooper, Richard
Curtis, Sir Alex Ferguson, Anna Ford, Joanne Harris, Charlie Higson,
Kathy Lette, Davina McCall, Fiona Millar, David Miliband, Anthony
Minghella, John O'Farrell, David Puttnam, Ian Rankin, David Tennant,
Alan Titchmarsh and Fay Weldon
Hugely entertaining and thought-provoking in turns, this celebration
of fatherhood explores just what it is to be a dad.
Sarah Brown is married to Gordon Brown and is President of the
charity PiggyBankKids, which she founded in 2002. PiggyBankKids has
launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to
pregnancy difficulties and help save newborn lives, and supports a
wide range of charitable projects which create opportunities for
children and young people. Sarah and Gordon live in Fife and London
with their sons John and Fraser.
Gil McNeil is the bestselling author of The Only Boy For Me,
Stand By Your Man, In the Wee Small Hours and Divas
Don't Knit. She helps run the charity PiggyBankKids, and lives
in Canterbury with her son.
