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A review by ayanez427
The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me by Bruce Feiler
5.0
I won this through the First Reads program...and LOVED it! The author does well telling the story on three different fronts. He alternates between present interactions with people, letters to family and friends, and most importantly, asking the 6 men he feels best represent his personality and views to act as his Council of Dads. This Council is supposed to share his views with his daughters in case he passes from the rare bone cancer he has been diagnosed with.
Even not having children myself, this book made me think about how I view my life and what perceptions I want to put out in the world. My favorite part was asking his friend "Ben the Second" to be on the Council. The section is sub-titled Live the Questions and has a quote from Rainier Maria Rilke that I love- "Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves. Do not seek the answers themselves, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions."
Even not having children myself, this book made me think about how I view my life and what perceptions I want to put out in the world. My favorite part was asking his friend "Ben the Second" to be on the Council. The section is sub-titled Live the Questions and has a quote from Rainier Maria Rilke that I love- "Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves. Do not seek the answers themselves, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions."