Prodigal Father Wayward Son: A Roadmap to Reconciliation, by Sam Keen, Gifford Keen
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Written by best selling author Sam Keen and his son Gifford, Prodigal Father, Wayward Son is a warm and engaging book on masculinity, and a compelling and dynamic invitation for readers to recall the pivotal memories and conflicts that define their own father-and-son relationships. Filled with personal tales of their own struggles and breakthroughs, in this moving account of alienation, repentance, and forgiveness, readers are taught how best to confront and make peace with longstanding enmity and misunderstanding by telling their long-held, but often unexamined, myths and stories. Similar to the father-central memoirs of Pat Conroy and Andre Dubus III, Sam and Gif Keen provide guidance and encouragement to those looking for positive role models, and explores new ways to move beyond old wounds.Prodigal Father, Wayward Son contains exceptionally evocative and entertaining storytelling: tales of marriage and divorce, misadventure and drugs, rebellion, abandonment, renewal, and ultimately new-millennium reconciliation. Sam, a stubborn, traditional academic, and Gif, a free-thinking, introspective surfer, repeatedly clash, make up, evolve, adapt, and rediscover their love as they collectively realize the acutely current message of Prodigal Father, Wayward Son. It marks the culmination of an exceptional writing career.
Prodigal Father Wayward Son: A Roadmap to Reconciliation, by Sam Keen, Gifford Keen- Amazon Sales Rank: #1152471 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-16
- Released on: 2015-03-16
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review A cathartic memoir of forgiveness, healing, and freedom, a metamorphosis reaching back to Sam’s father and forward to Gif’s son. Although focusing on the particular struggle of men, the Keen’s sentiments hold relevance for mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters as well, shedding light on actions and attitudes with the potential to bring families in all walks of life closer together. Foreword ReviewsMore than a memoir, Sam and Gifford write in alternating series with one purpose in mind: to find the true reconciliation. In a day and age when divorce and remarriage have become the norm, so has family dysfunction. Until now, we have been forced to live with the myths we have created about our parents, about our children, and about ourselves. The recipe for healing broken relationships costs less than any of us expected. San Francisco Book ReviewThe brutal candor of these exchanges between an estranged father and son caught in a vicious cycle of competition and incomprehension can be hard to take. Stick with it. Both have hurt each other so much that reconciliation comes hard. But what they prove in the end is that the statute of limitations can run out on the wrong we do to one another. Every father and son, mother and daughter, parent and child should exult in the Keens’ discovery that it is never too late to start over. —Bill MoyersA courageous look at father-and-son struggles over the years. This universal and archetypal [conflict] is the inheritance of us all. I identified with Sam, and found insights about my son through Gifford’s sharing. Their method of reconciliation is a ‘gift’ for us all. Here is a raw human story that has a joyful ending. —John Bradshaw, author of Post-Romantic Stress Disorder: What to Do When the Honeymoon Is OverIn this fine book, honest and eloquent pain spills across every page. This open-hearted sharing is in the service of great teachings. Many fathers and sons will read this and see a path forward. —Mary Pipher, author of The Green BoatProdigal Father, Wayward Son is the most heart-opening book I have ever read. On the surface, it is about virtually every dad and son. Beneath the surface, it opened my heart to further removing the walls between myself and those I yearn to more deeply love. Its fierce honesty and loving grace lead the way. Of Sam Keen’s many terrific books, this is my vote for his best. —Warren Farrell, author of Father and Child ReunionMoving and inspiring; this groundbreaking book is the story of father and son overcoming the broken bond of trust and love. Sam Keen, a most trusted voice in our culture for 50 years, and his son Gifford, equally strong and compelling, show a way through struggle and radical honesty that allows fathers and sons to overcome long-festering estrangement and become the best of friends. —Linda Carroll, author of Love CyclesSam and Gifford Keen embody the redemptive power of honest storytelling in their extraordinarily revealing book Prodigal Father, Wayward Son. This father / son relationship is transformed by telling many stories beyond the damaging ones that have kept them apart. The message of this book moves beyond fathers and sons to any intimate relationship that is controlled by a handful of old myths. —Herbert Anderson, coauthor of Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals and coauthor (with Karen Speerstra) of The Divine Art of DyingT.S. Eliot writes that ‘We shall not cease from exploration, and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.’ Gifford and Sam Keen’s book Prodigal Father, Wayward Son lays out in raw, intensely honest form, through a sharing of letters, the story of their reconciliation. To be a witness to their own ‘knowing’ that place of forgiveness, acceptance, and love gives hope that it is never too late to make up and (re)birth a parent / child relationship. —Lee Rush, trainer and consultant, International Institute for Restorative Practices and member, International Mankind ProjectA very brave book about healing. It movingly portrays the very words and process of reconciliation between a father and a son: The courageous voicing and healing of old wounds and deep shame. Underneath that, they discover the deeper love that was always there, but thwarted. You can’t read this book without wishing it could happen in your own family. Of course it can. May this book inspire healing and the rediscovery of love in our families, communities, and the world. We sure need it. —Glen Schneider, author of Ten Breaths to Happiness
From the Back Cover This long awaited sequel to Fire in the Belly is a crowning achievement of a remarkable literary career and an impressive debut of a young writer that proves the adage “the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.A moving account of repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation that sets it apart from any other books in this genre, Prodigal Father Wayward Son provides guidance and inspiration to those looking for positive role models and teaches new ways to move beyond old wounds by offering concrete methods to overcome long standing enmities and misunderstanding.“In this fine book, honest and eloquent pain spills across every page. Many father and sons will read this and see a path forward.” — Mary Pipher, author of The Green Boat“Prodigal Father, Wayward Son is the most heart-opening book I have ever read. Its fierce honesty and loving grace lead the way.” — Warren Farrell, author of Father and Child ReunionSam Keen is the author of the best selling Fire in the Belly and a baker’s dozen other books. When not writing or traveling around the world, he lectures and leads seminars on a wide range of topics. He lives on his farm in the hills above Sonoma, CA.Gifford Keen has had careers as a software executive, a, carpenter and a real estate investor. He is the father of a teen age son and daughter and lives with his wife in Santa Fe NM, where he writes, meditates, practices yoga, and takes long walks in the high-country.
About the Author Sam Keen was educated at Harvard and Princeton and was a professor of philosophy and religion. He was a contributing editor of Psychology Today for 20 years and is the author of the bestselling Fire in the Belly and a dozen other books. He coproduced an award winning PBS documentary, Faces of the Enemy. When not writing or traveling around the world, he lectures and leads seminars on a wide range of topics. He lives on his farm in the hills above Sonoma, CA.Gifford Keen has a liberal arts degree from St. John’s College in Santa Fe and has worked in a variety of professions ― from apple picker to software executive, from carpenter to real estate investor. He describes himself as a retired software geek, reluctant landlord, and aspiring novelist. Gifford is the father of a teenage son and has a daughter in college. He lives with his wife in Santa Fe, NM, where he writes, meditates, practices yoga, and takes long walks in the high country.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. a keeper and a loaner By Leah Chang Because I remembered noticing and loving the title of Sam Keen's "To A Dancing God" in a church library somewhere, and because of the brief description of these conversations between father and son, I had to read Prodigal Father /Wayward Son. John Bradshaw observed, "This universal and archetypal [conflict] is the inheritance of us all." We've all got parent stuff, there are countless unknown to us events and factors in their histories; just as no one instinctively knows how to make a marriage or any other relationship work out well, no one truly knows how to parent, even if they already have several kids.I've watched public television only very sporadically, doubtless missing out on a lot of cool exciting stuff, so I wasn't really familiar with Sam Keen. So surprised to discover he'd been a professor at The Louisville Seminary! How telling his description of the seminary professors way back then all dressed up in suits and ties (with nowhere to go), so incredibly business-financial sector establishment in style, yet called to articulate and convey the radically counter-cultural subversive gospel.Another reviewer described this father/son - parent/offspring conversation as timeless, and that it is. Both guys are intelligent, educated, excellent writers, and had reached the point they wanted to live reconciled and reconnected to each other, but even if someone's credentials aren't as strong as theirs, Sam's and Gifford's experience models "what might be possible" between any family members at almost any stage, and between friends who might have become estranged (though "estranged" isn't quite the accurate word to describe Father and Son Keen's situation). Look through the panoramas of your own relationships, and like the Keens, you well may note how small, fleeting events or incidents have assumed gigantically symbolic proportions in your overview of your lives together and apart from each other.Even if you don't buy the book, please watch the video on Gifford's amazon page. Prodigal Father, Wayward Son is a keeper for my bookshelves, and probably a loaner, too.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Keen Way of Reconciliation By Bror Erickson Sam and Gifford Keen let you inside a painful father son relationship as they seek healing. Along the way they offer hope for reconciliation between fathers and sons from all walks of life as they overcome their own demons.It is too often true that the sins of the fathers are visited upon the third and fourth generations. It seems like a never ending cycle, like father like son, and what do you do when you don’t get along with yourself? The cycle repeats. Fathers and sons alienate each other, while both of them seek the approval and love of the other. Complications of the modern world, the makings of which Sam lived through, and the consequences of which Gifford grew up with, only exacerbate the whole problem. Sam and Gifford are not alone in any of this, and many fathers and sons seeking reconciliation, forgiveness and understanding will find plenty of perspective and food for thought as they read through the stories and thoughts shared in this book.Adding to the charm of this father/son story is the great care and talent that went into the writing. They are both gifted wordsmiths, and know how to keep a reader engaged.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. ... think the folks who are able to relate to poor or at best challenging parental relationships will like this ... By Peggy I think the folks who are able to relate to poor or at best challenging parental relationships will like this book and on some level may find hope for reconciliation.I did not read "Fire in the Belly," the first book by these authors since I didn't know it existed, although now I think I will. Although this is a specific father/son's struggle, it certainly could apply to any father/son, father/daughter or mother/son or mother/daughter's struggle for reconciliation. A feature I greatly enjoyed was having a quote under the title of each chapter, such as chapter 20's "The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but who conquers that fear." Nelson Mandela.The authors story is well written in a very candid style that may not find favor with those that are offended by profanity, mushroom use for a psychedelic experience, or other illegal drug use. I'm not condoning those behaviors, just accepting that was an important part of their story's journey of enlightenment (and it was during the '60's-drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll era). I was just a preschool child then, but I watched Woodstock when I was older and still am a great fan of that era's music. If you decide to read this book, I hope it helps you to improve your relationships, especially the one with yourself. Gif's greatest gift to himself was when he declared that he was his own man and free. "And that is not something one loses. Or forgets." Amen.
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