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Big Shoes: In Celebration of Dads and Fatherhood

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Al Roker along with his friends expressed love, compassion and admiration for their fathers. Al made the statement that he always thought his father would be here. Isn't that so true? We think that dads will always be around. To hear others, such as Katie Couric, B.D. Wong share their thoughts, memories and feelings of their Dads allows us to see what characters traits were inherited and developed. This is a great read and a perfect gift.
gloria
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This is one of the best books about fathers I have ever read. It is a good variety of people not just stars but authors, etc. And the stories are not all happy but are honest and the fathers all taught or left the authors with lessons and or memories that they have carried with them and now shared with us. And Al so nicely compiled for us. It is a great read and a great gift for husbands, brothers or sons. It is a good re-read so a good keeper for the book shelf.

This is a must read for dads, it will make you cry, make you laugh, and give new perspective.
Lots of different passages written by many different well known stars, but never too cute. Just right!

I purchased this book for my husband for his birthday and together, we love it and so do the kids. It's a keen picture of heartfelt feelings right down to the humor. Our birthdays are on the same day making the days a little more special to us. He bought me a family book too, Mommy CEO, and we both love it as well since it helps us both with our kids ages 2 to almost 10, and has heartfelt messages mixed in.

Both books make a great gift for year round giving and my dad, will get his own copy of both on his birthday, maybe even one for Father's Day. He keeps the kids for us and is like a dad to the two oldest anyway. I'm not sure if people would think of these two books as gifts for the people that they are really not marketed to, but I find it's good for husbands to read family books and grandparents too and the same with Big Shoes, moms should read it and granddads too. Just my opinion as our family adores both books. Great gifts!

Though the celebrity names help sell this book, the essays are edited well, and I appreciated that not all the stories are of "perfect dads." Giving it for father's day to my dad and my husband who is about to be a dad, and writing an extra chapter of my own to include about each of them (will project what kind of dad my husband will be...)

I bought this book for my father. It is a fast and simple read. Three reasons why I bought the book: (1) it is compilation of short stories written by different celebrities that offer unique perspectives on fatherhood, (2) a number of stories are well-written (some are much better than others). I particularly liked the ones that focused on one event and/or used humor; (3) the proceeds go to charity (which is a must for me when it comes to books written by a celebrity.)

I really love this book. I bought it because I'm an avid watcher of the Today show and I love Al and wanted to see what he and many other celebrities thought about their relationships with their dads.
This is an interesting collection of different lenght essays from various people (Donald Trump could only manage to write one page), talking about the ups and downs of their upbringings and how they now think of their dads. I loved to see what Katie and Matt and Ann also had to say.
This is a great gift for Fathers Day or just a birthday for him or yourself. It's interesting and fun and you'll laugh and cry and overall, you'll enjoy it.