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    Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
    Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
    Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
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    Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son

    Written by Buzz Bissinger

    Narrated by Buzz Bissinger

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    Acclaimed Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger shares the moving and uplifting tale of his cross-country journey with his adult savant son who suffered brain damage at birth.

    Buzz Bissinger’s twin sons were born three minutes—and a world—apart. Gerry, the older one, is a graduate student preparing to become a teacher. His brother Zach has spent his life attending special schools. He’ll never drive a car, or kiss a girl, or live by himself. He is challenged by serious intellectual deficits but also blessed with rare talents: an astonishing memory, a dazzling knack for navigation, and a reflexive honesty, which can make him both socially awkward and surprisingly wise.
         One summer night, Buzz and Zach hit the road to revisit all the places they have lived together during Zach’s twenty-four years. Zach revels in his memories, and Buzz hopes this journey into their shared past will bring them closer and reveal to him the mysterious workings of his son’s mind and heart.
         As father and son follow a pinball’s path from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, they see the best and worst of America and each other. Ultimately, their trip bestows a new and uplifting wisdom on Buzz, as he comes to realize that Zach’s worldview, as exotic as it is, has a sturdy logic of its own, a logic that deserves the greatest respect. And with the help of Zach’s twin, Buzz learns an even more vital lesson about Zach: character transcends intellect. And we come to see Zach as he truly is—patient, fearless, perceptive, and kind.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMay 15, 2012
    ISBN9781442354173
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    Buzz Bissinger

    Buzz Bissinger is among the nation’s most honored and distinguished writers. A native of New York City, Buzz is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Livingston Award, the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, and the National Headliners Award, among others. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He is the author of the highly acclaimed nonfiction books Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City, and Three Nights in August.

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    • 5/5
      touching story by one of the nation's great journalist and author of Friday Night Lights.
    • 2/5
      Truly, I wanted to love this book, but instead I am left with a sour taste in my mouth after finishing it. While I fell in love with Zach, Bissinger's mentally-impaired but delightful and loving son, his father Buzz comes across as such a narcissist that I just can't rate this book more highly. Because Mr. Bissinger focuses so much on his own interior whiny monologue, and his response to any kind of stress or frustration is to erupt in rage, I literally could not stand him by the end of the road trip he describes taking with Zach. I also felt that he used Zach to write a book, and therefore what kind things he did have to say about him felt saccharine and not particularly genuine. Just - blech.
    • 5/5
      touching story by one of the nation's great journalist and author of Friday Night Lights.
    • 5/5
      This is a lovely memoir/travelogue about a cross-country road trip that Bissinger (author of Friday Night Lights) takes across the country with his developmentally delayed savant son, Zach. In it we get a warts-and-all portrait of a smart, ambitious, moody, struggling and ultimately wonderful father and we get to know and fall in love with Zach. Profound and well-written, I highly, highly recommend this.