Description
A heart-tugging memoir of a daddy, his daughters, and the power of one good man to change the world...
Melford Johnson is an ordinary man. He has an ordinary job, lives in an ordinary Indiana suburb in the 1960s with his ordinary wife, and his three ordinary daughters. But Melford Johnson is also "Daddy," a man who can capture magic in the palm of his hand, sprink startdust over every occasion, and would pull down the moon for his three little girls if he could - just so they could bask in its glow.
As seen through the adoring eyes of his daughter, Missi, Daddy takes the Johnson family on hilarious family adventures. But he also faces challenging situations with grace; delivering his own baby in a tiny bathroom in the middle of the night, winning over a suspicious mother-in-law, and discovering - at his own father's funeral - that he has a black aunt and an entire black family that he never knew.
Whether Mel Johnson is the daddy you had or the daddy you only wished you had, you'll find yourself falling under his spell in a story that perfectly captures a time when innocence could still grow into optimism and love was all you needed to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Includes Book Club Discussion Guide.
