The Boy He Left Behind: A Man's Search for His Lost Father
by Mark Matousek 
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""I was four years old when my father came back to kidnap me," begins this gripping memoir about Matousek's search for James Matousek, the drifter father he never knew. Matousek chronicles his compelling search for his own father by hiring a detective, and reveals his own life as he follows the hard-bitten investigator from one dead-end to the next. Described by the New York Times as " part reminiscence, part detective story, part spiritual musing," this memoir is more than the story of one show more man's search for his father; it is also a look at the meaning of life and how fathers contribute to that meaning"-- show lessTags
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I cried all the way through this.
An amazing exploration of the Father/Son relationship.
An amazing exploration of the Father/Son relationship.
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Mark Matousek is the author of two award-winning memoirs, Sex Death Enlightenment and The Boy He Left Behind, as well as When Youre Falling, Dive and Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life. A featured blogger for Psychology Today (where his Ethical Wisdom column appears bi-monthly), Huffington Post, and Turn, he contributes to numerous show more national publications, and is a popular teacher, speaker, and coach. Visit him at www.markmatousek.com. show less
Mark Matousek is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, LGBTQ+
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- 306.874 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Marriage, partnerships, unions; family Intrafamily relationships Parent-child relationship
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- HQ756 .M359 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Parents. Parenthood
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