Marathon Dad:: Setting a Pace That Works for Working Fathers

by John Evans

Book Overview

You can finally find the perfect balance between family and work, and enjoy being a Marathon Dad. Every man who struggles to be a good husband, father and professional knows the feeling. You're on the run from the boardroom to the classroom; you have to juggle toys and files, children and clients. And choosing one aspect over another piles guilt upon panic, upon exhaustion. Now, for the first time, here is practical and psychologically sound advice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380793210
• ISBN13: 9780380793211
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The next giant step in the development of fatherhood!

In "Marathon Dad" (Avon Books, 1998) John Evans details the next giant step in the devlopment of fatherhood. Much effort has gone into the attempt to better connect men to their emotional lives. And equal energy has been invested in establishing appropriate limits for male behavior. But seldom, if ever, has there been a more detailed and concise attempt to integrate the reality of modern maleness with the passionate and heartfelt viccisitudes of fatherhood. In sparkling prose that reflects an intimate familiarity with the daily dramas of parenting, Evans takes on the ego-wobbling fears at core of modern dad's hesitancy to attach as much importance to diaper changing as slo-pitch softball; fear of confronting mom; fear of the mockery of other men; fear that in this domain, as in so many others, he will not be man enough. Evans provides the foundational gridwork upon which a strong structure of competent fathering can be built. When Freud was asked what mattered in life he responded, "Only two things - love and work." Evans amply demonstrates that the time has passed when the American man can in good conscience sacrifice one for the other. "Marathon Dad - Setting a Pace that Works for Working Fathers" is above all a book about love - a father's love for the most precious work he will ever share; his family.