To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without A Father | 
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Join Donald Miller, the best-selling author of Blue Like Jazz, with mentor John MacMurray, as he presents a transparent, thought-provoking, and humorous chronicle of life lessons found in a life without a Dad.
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• An Educators Perspective 02 September, 2008
As an educator with both parents still together after 50+ years, this book is a HUGE insight into what more and more young men face growing up without a male role model. Often our words reflect our own experiences, which can alienate those we are trying to help.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2HLLNAYLFEC7P
• "and, When He Died, All He Left Us Was Alone..." 05 July, 2008
To be perfectly blunt--this book is just full of religious stuff. And, it is coming from some guy who brags about breaking into someone else's house to steal a book he could have purchased on Amazon for a few dollars!
I feel that more practical advice should have been dispensed. If your father is missing and if your mother is independently wealthy, totally frazzled from supporting the family, totally ineffective, or also missing, the half orphan should realize he/she is now totally responsible for his future. In today's Christian record keeping society, you need only step out of line once to insure you will never obtain a job that will support you or enter a good college. Societal infractions are only possible when you are descended from a "good" and wealthy family. You are on your own and will only succeed if you take positive steps to insure an adequate future.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A20ZUNN7AOG5MQ
• One Of Miller's Best 29 July, 2008
To Own A Dragon is, I believe, one of Donald Miller's best books. He is more well known for Blue Like Jazz and Through Painted Deserts, but I think this one is one of his most insightful. He has always been very honest about the fact that he grew up without a father and this book dives into that story much deeper. As one who grew up with a distant father the book was very healing and spoke to me by someone who knew what it was like.
This is a wonderful and healing book for anyone, male or female, who is struggling with a father never present.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2TZ4S037F7745
• Good Piece Of Writing 13 August, 2008
Even for those had a father growing up, there are still things a human father will fail at. Miller helps us to comprehend the greatness of the word "Father".
- Reviewed by customer ID: A4AUTXRLH1IDG
• A Memoir Of Growing Up Without A Father 16 July, 2008
In his typical laid-back style, Donald Miller explores the effects that growing up without a father had on him. To Own a Dragon must be understood within the genre of "memoir." It is not meant to an exhaustive exploration, only what the author felt and dealt with while going through the event he is writing about.
I appreciate Miller's honesty, his straight forward approach the what a child experiences. I grew up without a father in the home, and found this to be an enlightening and encouraging read. I found myself constantly saying, "I am not alone! I am not the only one who feels this way."
I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles having grown up without a father. It will not answer all the question...it may not answer any of the questions...but it will let you know that you are not the only one.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A27ZCL8Q2VZUB9
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