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Tom Matthews’ new novel Raising The Dad (coming April 2018) is a moving and brashly funny family saga about a dysfunctional clan whose patriarch returns in a most astounding way imaginable.

States Booklist: In this touching story of a father and son reconnecting in an extremely unconventional way, Matthews provokes tough questions surrounding death and confronts the complicated choice to either end or sustain a loved one’s life. Delivered with humility and humor, a seemingly unbelievable scenario becomes very real and brings a family at the brink of falling apart back together.

Matthews's first novel Like We Care was published in 2004. Novelist Tom Perrotta (The Leftovers, Election) called Like We Care “a fearless, angry, brutally funny poke ...more

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	Raising the Dad 3.44 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like We Care 3.20 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quest for the Presidency 1992 by Peter Goldman, Thomas M. DeFrank, Mark Miller 4.34 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poets from the North of Ireland by George Buchanan (Editor), Geoffrey Harold Handley-Taylor, Ciaran Carson (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Building Leaders One Hour at a Time: Guidebook for Leadership Development it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Like We Care by Matthews, Tom (September 1, 2004) Hardcover by Tom Matthews (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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