When I First Held You

22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood

By: Brian Gresko

Narrated by: Don Hagen

From some of today's most critically acclaimed writers comes a rich collection of essays on what it means to be a dad. Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating, life-changing occasions in a man’s life. Now 22 of today’s masterful writers get straight to the heart of modern fatherhood in this incomparable collection of thought-provoking essays. From making that ultimate decision to have a kid to making it through the birth to tangling with a toddler mid-tantrum, and eventually letting a teen loose in the world, these fathers explore every facet of fatherhood and show how being a father changed the way they saw the world - and themselves.

©2014 Brian Gresko (P)2014 Gildan Media LLC

eh

the only way to describe this book is eh. not that engaging, some dad's do better than others, some are too cynical. One in particular is flat out declairing incorrect information with no research or sourced cited to back up his claims. He said "we healed the autism vaccines caused" which is a very bold and incorrect statement because autism is a genetic condition that can't be caused or developed as a child/adult.