The Con Man's Daughter

June 1, 2017

Blogger Curry (candicecurry.com) explores her personal loss and psychic pain over the emotional rejection she experienced growing up with a highly dysfunctional con man father. Curry conjectures that her father was at times a bookie and a petty thief and perhaps an FBI informant but was, most assuredly, a poor excuse for a parent, especially for a daughter who ardently sought his approval. Curry's story is one of forgiveness and redemption--hers, since her father never took responsibility for the havoc he caused nor the feelings of despair he engendered in his family. As Curry embraces and grows into her Christian faith, she finds the mettle to forgive, accept, and change her misplaced yearning for her father's support. Other perspectives, including that of her mother and brother, are not fully fleshed out, but as this is the story of the author coming to terms with her father, it's pardonable. VERDICT An inspirational account of personal triumph over despair.--SC

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