{"product_id":"dads-maybe-book","title":"Dad's Maybe Book","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"dads-maybe-overview\"\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"dads-maybe-overview\"\u003eAbout Dad’s Maybe Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim O’Brien’s memoir brings fatherhood, memory, and a life in literature into conversation. Beginning after the birth of his first son in 2003, he writes for his children across fifteen years, imagining what they may want to understand about their father when they are older. Letters and reflections preserve everyday moments alongside larger questions about how to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFamily, Mortality, and Storytelling\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book offers a starting point for discussing what parents can pass on and what no written account can fully preserve. Consider how tenderness and humor coexist with the awareness of limited time, and how a writer known for examining war approaches the responsibilities of family life. Readers can also explore the relationship between remembered experience and the stories a family inherits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eElliot’s Reading Perspective\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his Wall Street Journal review, Elliot Ackerman describes the book’s letters, parenting anecdotes, and wide-ranging chapters. He questions the narrow classification of O’Brien as a writer concerned only with war, drawing attention to the breadth of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/book-club\/book-club-reading-guide-dads-maybe-book\"\u003eRead the Dad’s Maybe Book Book Club reading guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Book context: Dad’s Maybe Book; Tim O’Brien; nonfiction memoir; fatherhood; family; mortality; literary life; original publication 2019. --\u003e","brand":"Tim O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47669785952418,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Dad_s_Maybe_Book_-_Cover.jpg?v=1789688618","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/products\/dads-maybe-book","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}