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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
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Tom Matthews Hi Monica -- thanks for reaching out. Glad you're enjoying RTD; it's been generating a wide range of responses. I grew up in Beloit, moved to Southern…moreHi Monica -- thanks for reaching out. Glad you're enjoying RTD; it's been generating a wide range of responses. I grew up in Beloit, moved to Southern California for 15 years after high school, and returned to WI and Wauwatosa with my family in 1994. We've been really happy here.

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