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From the Christy Award-winning Author of Levi's Will You never know what the day will bring... Mick Brannigan, a construction worker, loses a good-paying job because of some freak accident, sort of his fault but not his fault. Adding insult to injury, he finds himself playing nursemaid to his three kids. Mick's whole life felt like an accident... Even more flustered is his wife, Layne, now forced to get a job to keep a paycheck coming in. Mick isn???t the stay-at-home-dad type, she??'s sure. He??'s a good dad???when she is there to supervise it all???the unrelenting daily stuff. Keeping the house clean, food in the fridge. Attacking the ever-mounting laundry. Supervising their five acres of land and the menagerie of animals.... It wasn't his idea to stay home with the kids... A lot is on the line, and just how the Brannigan family will survive???that is, without anyone getting seriously hurt or killed, the kids not ending up psychologically and emotionally damaged, the laundry not undoing their marriage???all remains to be seen.... Packed with humor, true-to-life characters, and themes to enlighten the soul, Summer of Light is altogether poignant, witty, entertaining, and delightfully down-to-earth.
Synopsis
After a bizarre accident, construction worker Mick Brannigan is forced into the role of stay-at-home dad while his wife Layne returns to a law firm, but although Layne is not confident that her husband is up to the task of training and caring for their children, Mick dives in to manage the house, the children, and a menagerie of animals, including a goat and a diabolically intelligent dog. Original. 14,000 first printing.
Synopsis
Summer of Light introduces Mick Brannigan, a thirty-something construction worker. After a bizarre accident, circumstances beyond his control force him out of his role as a respected tradesman and into the ignominious position of a stay-at-home dad. Wife Layne returns to a law firm, and she chafes at their role reversal--partly because she'd rather be the one staying home, but mainly because she's not at all confident that he is up to the task of training and shaping the character of their three young children. Mick dives in to manage the house and children, five acres of land, and a menageric of animals including a goat and a diabolically intelligent dog, and he and Layne discover new depth and truths about what's important in life.