When I Think about My Father: Sons and Daughters Remember

In 48 personal essays, illustrated with family snapshots and other memorabilia, the significance of fathers to their children's lives is underscored from differing perspectives. Whether celebrity rememberers-Larry King, Buzz Aldrin, Susan Ford (daughter of the former President), Diane Disney (daughter of Walt)-or ordinary people, they acknowledge their fathers' powerful influence. Not all are happy memories; for some a father's absence, or a less than happy relationship with him, is still painful, sometimes recalled with forgiveness and understanding, always with an emotional pull. This celebration of fatherhood makes a charming keepsake. Shanley is the author of She Taught Me to Eat Artichokes. (June)