Prodigal Father Wayward Son A Roadmap to Reconciliation Devine
Arts Sam Keen and Gifford Keen ISBN: 978-1-61125-037-4 $16.95,
Paperback, 344 pages April 1 2015
A New Fathers Day Tradition
Who cares about Fathers Day? Really? Why do Americans spend 40%
more on Mothers Day than on Fathers day? Is it because fathers are
harder to shop for? Or is it because some fathers are absent,
emotionally unavailable, obsessed with career, and too hard to talk
to? Its time for a new tradition. Instead of a hallmark card or a
game on TV, what would happen if fathers and sons put time aside
Fathers Day to tell each other the important stories of their
lives? In their new book Prodigal Father Wayward Son, Sam Keen
(bestselling author of Fire in the Belly) and his son Gifford Keen,
suggest that telling each other stories might be the most important
thing a father and son can do with each other. By sharing their
stories of pain and vulnerability, childhood injury and adult
triumph, and finally of forgiveness, Sam and Gifford show a simple
if thorny path towards reconciliation of long standing, and
otherwise intractable differences. In a recent interview Sam Keen
said, The problem Gifford and I had was that we kept telling the
same stories over and over, and in all of them, I was the tyrant
and he the victim. So we needed to find new stories. Gif asked what
stories he needed to know about me to understand how I became the
man I am today. My father carried many of his stories to the grave
and I didnt want that to happen with us. So this Fathers Day,
instead of succumbing to the indignity of a meaningless gift Sam
and Gifford suggest you talk to your father or your son instead.
Tell a story, listen to one. Who knows what might happen. Sam Keen
is the author of a bakers dozen other books. When not writing or
traveling around the world, he lectures and leads seminars on a
wide range of topics. He lives on his farm in the hills above
Sonoma, CA. Gifford Keen has had careers as a software executive, a
carpenter, and a real estate investor. He is the father of a
teenage son and daughter and lives with his wife in Santa Fe, NM,
where he writes, meditates, practices yoga, and takes long walks in
the high-country. If youd like to receive a review copy of Prodigal
Father, Wayward Son or schedule an interview with Sam and Gifford
Keen, please contact [email protected]. Kind regards,
Travis Masch Director of Marketing and Publicity
