Far from Home: Father-Daughter Travel Adventures [Paperback]

Wendy Knight (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 28, 2004

Fathers have a profound impact on their daughters, shaping their abilities to love and ultimately to venture forth, physically and emotionally. At the same time, daughters both inadvertently and purposefully break down the artificial walls of masculinity that men sometimes build with a purity and power that mothers, wives, and girlfriends cannot. Weaving together the thrill of adventure with the unique issues surrounding that connection, Far from Home examines what happens when father and daughter embark side by side on the adventure of their choosing. Veteran outdoor travel writer Mark Jenkins exposes his daughter to the mountains at an early age, but discovers that the lure of pop culture can eclipse his best efforts to teach her about the outdoors. Anna Todd travels to Lebanon nearly twenty years after her father, a Canadian journalist, was killed while covering the war there. Amy Engeler climbs Maine’s highest peak with her father-in-law and two children. Dan Glick learns how to be both father and mother to his adolescent daughter on a round-the-world trip. These remarkable essays and the many others in this insightful, exciting collection are sure to entice and inspire adventurous fathers, daughters, and armchair travelers alike.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A compelling new anthology of essays in paperback . . . provides much inspiration for engaged and adventurous parenting. -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 16, 2004

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Seal Press (May 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580051057
• ISBN-13: 978-1580051057
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,612,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Melinda J. Combs is a non-fiction and fiction writer living in Huntington Beach, California. Her essays have appeared in "Cat Women: Female Writers on their Feline Friends"; "Women's Best Friend: Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives"; and "Far From Home: Father-Daughter Travel Anthology" -- all published by Seal Press. Her fiction has been picked up by "Fearsome Fascinations 2009 Anthology," "A Cappella Zoo," "Salome Magazine," ".ISM Quarterly," Cleansheets.com, and other journals.

The memoir, "In Service To the Mouse: My Unexpected Journey to Becoming Disneyland's First President," that she co-authored with Jack Lindquist about his 38 years working for The Disney Company is now available.

In addition, she's currently working on her own memoir about family, guns, and big-game hunting.

Melinda earned her M.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Chapman University. She teaches at Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana. There, she listens to her students argue about the merits of magical realism or debate the Oxford comma. Her previous life experiences include waitressing at a chateau in the Champagne region of France and volunteering at an orphanage in Fiji. And when Melinda's not being entertained by her students or struggling to write the perfect sentence, she practices yoga, attempts surfing, and travels to faraway places. She loves all things arty and outdoorsy.