Thoughts:
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I struggled a little with this book although content wise it should be right up my street. The book introduces us to the statistics of the importance of active fathers and then goes into a part memoir, discussing James’ experiences with his father growing up and what lessons he took away from it. However, since this book is advertised for parents and Pierce does mention at least once that he now has his own kids, I was disappointed that he didn’t mention the lessons more in the context of being a parent in those situations too and how to better handle them from the parental view rather than the child with hindsight.