Lewis Kostner writes: “Choosing Fatherhood: America’s Second Chance is a book of mine published in 2012 by George F. Thompson Publishing. Juan Williams wrote the introduction, and as Larry Elder points out in the piece in the BAM, his relationship with his father, or lack thereof, for many years took full precedence over most of what was going on in his life at that time. My book explores, through photographs and interviews and essays by David Travis, Shipra S. Parikh, Roland Warren, and Derrick M. Bryan, the lives of children all over the United States who grew up without a father in their life. In the end, all the fathers and children I photographed and interviewed wanted nothing more than to be part of each others’ lives. Many of them even had to learn how to communicate, an experience they had never been able to learn about until later on in life when they decided to get to know who their kids were. My connection to Larry’s words and thoughts is laid out very explicitly in my book. Thanks to Larry for sharing his caring with all of us.”
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