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Folded Wisdom
Folded Wisdom: Notes from Dad on Life, Love, and Growing Up | Joanna Guest
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Folded Wisdom is an inspirational testament to the depth of a fathers love for his children, and an intimate look into beautiful, raw, human communication. Within the pages of this book, Joanna Guest shares the insightful notes her father drew for her and her brother Theo every day for nearly 15 years. For her entire childhood, Joannas father, Bob, had a ritual: wake up at dawn, walk the dog, and sit down at the kitchen table with a blank pad of paper and plenty of colored markers to craft notes for his two children. Over the years, word games and puzzles for five-year-olds morphed into thoughtful guidance and reflections for his teenagers approaching adulthood. Now, with more than 3,500 of her fathers colorful notes in hand, Joanna has decided that the lessons tucked inside are worth sharing. Folded Wisdom highlights the collection of Bobs notes, telling a story filled with universal values that encourages meaningful self-reflection about how we all face successes and failures; express happiness and sadness; and communicate frustration, praise, and love to one another. Heartfelt and full of possibility for the future, a fathers folded notes and drawings are timeless reminders of love.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joanna Guest compiled the myriad notes she and her brother received from their dad. He created a note—with both writing and art—almost every day during their school years. He wants them to grow into good people who love themselves and others. Guest captures his ideas perfectly. She also offers context, with some family history and insights into her dad‘s perspective on life.

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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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Advice from father to daughter. With illustrations. This whole book is a gem!

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I couldn‘t be more excited to have this #bookmail in the house. A daughter compiles the sweet notes her dad penned to her and her brother. Thousands of them! The endpapers on the book are awesome (top photo). And the publisher made stickers too. Swoon! I‘ll probably bawl my way through it, because I was so close to my dad. And I miss him every day of the 14 years since he‘s been gone from this earth. Anyway, I‘m anxious to read this! #foldedwisdom

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