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Book	Author	Dewey Number	Description
Fathers and Sons	Richissin, Todd	306.8 RIC	Photos and profiles about fathers and sons.
In the Darkroom	Faludi, Susan	306.88 FAL	Author Susan Faludi chases the story of her absentee father to discover an explosive secret in this memoir.
Manhood for Amateurs	Chabon, Michael	92 CHA	Chabon reflects on what it means to be both a son and a father in a memoir both moving and funny.
Unforgettable	Simon, Scott	92 SIM	NPR’s Scott Simon pens a poignant memoir of his life and last days with his unforgettable mom.
Not Becoming My Mother	Reichl, Ruth	92 REI	A work of love and generosity, Reichl discovers a mother she thought she already knew through her mom’s letters and diaries.
Traveling with Pomegranates	Kidd, Sue Monk and Add Kidd	92 KID	Mother and daughter pen a memoir of their travels together from the perspective of a 50 something and a 20 something.
The Liar’s Club	Karr, Mary	92 KAR	Karr’s relationship with her parents is both beautiful and awful in this spectacular memoir.
Bettyville	Hodgman, George	92 HOD	A gay man and his 91 year old mother who has never fully accepted his status share living quarters when she needs assistance to live in her home.
The Glass Castle	Walls, Jeannette	92 WAL	“Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heartbreaking childhoods.
Stitches	Small, David	92 SMA	Small, an illustrator, pens an ultimately uplifting graphic novel about his childhood cancer and his parents reaction to it.
The Road From Coorain	Conway, Jill Ker	305.4 CON	A journey into adulthood by Aussie author Conway that details her pioneering parents and the aftermath of her father’s death.
The Reading Promise	Ozma, Alice	028.9 OZM	A father and daughter make a promise to read aloud together
Hands of My Father	Uhlberg, Myron	306.87 UHL	A memoir of a hearing son and his deaf parents—the first sign he learned was “I love you”.
Crazy for the Storm	Ollestad, Norman	979.405 OLL	A survival story from the author— whose airplane crashed in the mountains with he and his father both on board.
Big Russ and Me	Russert, Tim	92 RUS	Journalist writes of his father and growing up in 1950s Buffalo.
Priestdaddy	Lockwood, Patricia	92 LOC	The author’s father is a married Catholic priest and an iconoclastic individual. A knockout memoir from a very original voice.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother	Chaua, Amy	92 CHU	“Tiger Mother” became a well-known term after this story of parenting was published.
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me	Alexie, Sherman	92 ALE	The author’s bond with his mother is more complex than most. A searing, moving memoir.
Room	Donoghue, Emma	FIC DON	Told from the view of a five year old, a mother and son share the room that is their prison.
The Road	McCarthy, Cormac	FIC MCC	A father and son, “each the other’s entire world”
White Oleander	Fitch, Janet	FIC FIT	An unforgettable story of a complicated mother/daughter relationship and a daughter left behind after her mother is sentenced to life in prison.
The Son	Meyer, Philipp	FIC MEY	The story of a Texas dynasty that begins in mid-1800s with a father and son.
March	Brooks, Geraldine	FIC BRO	Brooks takes the character of the absent father in Little Women and weaves a tale that won her the Pulitzer.
Emma	Austen, Jane	FIC AUS	Emma and her father Mr. Woodhouse are timeless characters from this well-known classic.
The Poisonwood Bible	Kingsolver, Barbara	FIC KIN	A Baptist father takes his wife and 4 young daughters on mission with him to the Belgian Congo in 1959.
Little Women	Alcott, Louisa May	J FIC ALC	Marmee and her daughters.