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Devastated by the sudden disconnection from the man she thought of as her father, and the rejection from her birth father that followed, a young Acamea Deadwiler finds herself on a lonesome path disturbed by the chaos of mental illness, poverty, and violence.
Daddy's Little Stranger delves into the captivating journey of a girl's life, shaped by various forms of neglect. Forced to navigate both tense and tender interactions with her mother's boyfriends, Acamea mourns the idea of a father as much as she does the father figures she once knew. She arms herself with resentment and emotional distance for protection.
Acamea tells her story set against the backdrop of Gary, Indiana, a city deemed "murder capital of the nation." Here she grows into a woman wrestling with human connection. This touching narrative reveals her road toward self-discovery as, feeling trapped between the worlds of love and obligation, she attempts to set herself free.
- Media
- Paper
- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction
- Offered by
- acamea (Author)
- Published by
- Riddle Brook Publishing
- Batch
- April 2024 Starts: 2024-04-01Ended: 2024-04-25
- On Sale
- 2024-03-15
- Countries
- USA and Canada
- Links
- Book Information
LibraryThing Work Page
Thank you for your interest in this giveaway. I am very appreciative of those who have already taken the time to review Daddy's Little Stranger. All are special to me. Here's just one that may give you a deeper sense of what to expect from the book. ♥️
“Acamea Deadwiler’s Daddy’s Little Stranger is a powerful and deeply felt memoir of family, longing, estrangement, complicated love, and what ties us to ourselves. Deadwiler’s writing is stunningly intimate, reflective, and honest — “I put my foot in the revolving door of father figures, stopped it from spinning.” From childhood to adulthood, Daddy’s Little Stranger searches for connection, replete with pink Reeboks and #GirlDad tags. Deadwiler's book curled up in my heart and soothed me in my own fatherless, daughterly ache, whispering “it’s okay.” I loved every tender moment of this memoir and I know you will too.” – Jane Wong, author of Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City