Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs, and Moonglow, returns with a collection of thoughtful, humorous, and insightful essays on the significance of fatherhood.

You are born into a family and these are your people, and they know you and love you and if you are lucky, they even understand you at times. And that should be enough. But it is never enough.

What topics are you allowed to discuss with your children? When to intervene with advice and when to let them make their own mistakes? It's more complicated than you think. You can achieve it with effort.

In this touching, humorous, and wise book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts to engage in difficult conversations with his children, covering everything from texting girls to death. But it is when he holds back that he sees them transform into autonomous individuals. From this emerges a father's profound respect for his children's passions and their bravery in facing conformity.

Whether you know the joy and challenges of fatherhood or have been shaped by a father, you will find a home in these remarkable essays.