Fathers rarely sit down and write their own history unprompted, and this guided journal solves that by asking the questions for them, one page at a time.
Jeffrey Mason's expanded edition arranges hundreds of prompts across a whole life: childhood and school, parents and grandparents, work, marriage, the years of raising children, and the opinions and lessons that came out of all of it. Each prompt has writing space beneath it, so the book fills up gradually rather than in one sitting, and what it produces at the end is a family record in the father's own handwriting.
Why it earns a place on the shelf:
• Hundreds of prompts arranged in chronological sections from childhood onward
• Lined space under each question, designed to be completed by hand
• Expanded edition with additional questions and extra room to answer
• Finished pages become a keepsake for children and grandchildren
A considered gift for fathers, and for families wanting a record in their own words, available at Boipoka.