This gripping true story--a surprise #1 Amazon New Releases Top Seller--takes readers on an emotional journey of triumph and self-discovery. A 14-year-old boy learns to fly gliders and develops as a top sailplane racing pilot to emerge from the shadow of his All-American father. After a violent crash on the national stage alters his life forever, he battles failure and overcomes adversity while redefining success as a pilot, as a professional, as a Boston Marathon veteran, as a husband and father, and, ultimately, as a man. This compelling account of that tragic day and its aftermath will inspire and motivate readers, who will: Learn how to overcome their own life's challenges and never give up on their dreams. Be emotionally moved by the compelling tale of personal growth and transformation. Gain a newfound appreciation for the power of resilience. Enjoy an uplifting and heart-warming story of success in the face of adversity. Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is beloved by those who will never set foot on Mt. Everest. Likewise, Goodbye, Papa Golf is: A flying book for pilots and non-pilots. A marathoning book for runners and non-runners. An adventure story written in the universal human language of doubt, fear, success, tragedy, failure, comeback, triumph, love, and ultimate redemption in a remarkable life's journey. If you'd like an insider's look at the somewhat arcane sports of flying gliders and running marathons or simply need an uplifting tale to spur you to pursue your own dreams, read this book now!

Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather.

Two young boys, Shane and Peter, have good times with their grandfather and mourn his loss.

September 11, 2001 was a tragic moment in America's history that will always be edged in the minds of not only Americans but people across the world. Some of those who have been effected by September 11 are our children who lost parents and friends in this hideous act. In Saying Goodbye to Daddy - Kia, an eight year old girl whose father was killed while he took a group of his students to receive an award at the Trade Center, shares humorous and touching memories of her father. At eight years old, Kia learns that she will never be able to have the relationship with her father as she did before September 11. She comes to the realization that saying goodbye to someone you love who has died doesn't mean you are forgetting them. She concludes that she can always have her father with her through her memories of him and the spirit in which he lived. Kia discovers that love is the bridge that keeps us connected to our love ones forever.

On July 28, 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife Sophia and daughters Una and Rose left their house in Western Massachusetts to visit relatives near Boston. Hawthorne and his five-year-old son Julian stayed behind. How father and son got along over the next three weeks is the subject of this tender and funny extract from Hawthorne's notebooks. "At about six o'clock I looked over the edge of my bed and saw that Julian was awake, peeping sideways at me." Each day starts early and is mostly given over to swimming and skipping stones, berry-picking and subduing armies of thistles. There are lots of questions ("It really does seem as if he has baited me with more questions, references, and observations, than mortal father ought to be expected to endure"), a visit to a Shaker community, domestic crises concerning a pet rabbit, and some poignant moments of loneliness ("I went to bed at about nine and longed for Phoebe"). And one evening Mr. Herman Melville comes by to enjoy a late-night discussion of eternity over cigars. With an introduction by Paul Auster that paints a beautifully observed, intimate picture of the Hawthornes at home, this little-known, true-life story by a great American writer emerges from obscurity to shine a delightful light upon family life—then and now.