For Father with Love [antikvár]

I would like to dedicate this book to my dad. Tor, who died unexpectedly during its preparation leaving so much unsaid and so much undone. If only I had flown out earlier, especially to see him^ instead I flew to his funeral If only the book had been ready to give to him And to Richard, my husband, father of my boys — you are the kindest dad I have ever seen — never forget that. My thanks go to Margaret Montgomery and Jane Varley who rescued the book when it zvas running late. And also to Pam Brown, who trudged around countless libraries to find father poems for me and then herself wrote some of the best pieces in the book. DEFINITIONS OF A FATHER The final judge of every man is his child. Fatherhood precipitates many men into a desperate scramble to grow up over night. Dads either know too little about the subject on which you have to write an essay — or far, far, far too much. A father is the man who lies awake worrying about the spanking he's given his child when the child has forgotten it and gone to sleep.