"And, when he died, all he left us was alone..."

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	• To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without A Father Donald Miller, John MacMurray NavPress Publishing Group, 2006 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 43 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of Miller's Best

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.

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amazing

Miller has a way with words, a gift from God that he uses to communicate messages to readers in a beautiful and moving way.
Whether you are a father, grew up without one, or just want to get an insight on what God's design of a father figure is, I highly recommend reading this book!
I am buying a few copies for my friends who would find it helpful

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"And, when he died, all he left us was alone..."

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.

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A Memoir of Growing Up Without a Father

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.

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good piece of writing

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".

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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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