2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner
"CROOKED LITTLE BIRDHOUSE:
Random Thoughts on Being Human"
Finalist General Non-Fiction
"CROOKED LITTLE BIRDHOUSE:
Random Thoughts on Being Human"
Finalist General Non-Fiction
SMALL WONDERS: A Tribute To Moms
I'd love to tell the story of your mother today. But I don't know her. So, I'll tell you about mine. She's a pretty typical mom.
Darlene is a wife, career educator, retiree, volunteer and the epitome of a grandmother. She's a mom in the truest sense of the word. The only child to Cecil and Wilhemina, Darlene was born during the Great Depression. Her parents struggled to make sure their daughter would have more than they did. They sent her to college where she became a teacher, the only job she ever wanted. On schedule, she fell in love, got married, had children and supported her husband through the Air Force to medical school to practicing surgeon. This was the story of so many in her generation. But times change... Parrots over Burbank
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"He seeks out the humanity in us and writes about it in the kind of seamless prose that any author would envy, in a style that only a few can achieve. "
~ AL MARTINEZ, author and Pulitzer Prize winner "His stories, carefully and gracefully revealed, are about the things that ground and unite us all: family, tradition, place, community." ~ STEVE LOPEZ, LA Times columnist and author of "The Soloist" |
CROOKED LITTLE BIRDHOUSE:
random thoughts on being human
 Excerpts from the review in The US Review of Books:
"It's a type of memoir that doesn't just tell the author's story. Instead it tells everybody's story, complete with family characters, everyday plots, and most importantly morals..." "His beautifully written book is full of bright and colorful comments, as well as everyday scenarios written in a way that is never pretentious or forced..." Read the whole review HERE |
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 ABOUT PATRICK
Patrick Caneday is the writer of the Small Wonders column appearing in the Burbank Leader and Glendale News Press newspapers each Saturday. Patrick was raised in Glendale, CA and now lives in Burbank. He has worked in the entertainment industry as a post production coordinator, supervisor and executive for almost 25 years. He's not a journalist or trained writer. He's just a working man and parent trying to make sense of fatherhood, culture, society and himself. |
