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A memoir praised for its honesty, its reporting, and its portrait of a father, a son, and the Navy that shaped them both.
“A moving, beautifully written account of a son searching for the father he barely knew.”
On the memoir“Both an intimate family story and a clear-eyed look at the demanding, dangerous life of naval aviation.”
On the reporting“Rodrick writes about grief without sentimentality and about the Navy without illusion.”
On the writing“A heartfelt tribute to the families who wait ashore while their loved ones go to sea.”
On the families“The father becomes a magical stranger — idealized, absent, and finally, through this book, known.”
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