BOBBLEHEAD DAD: 25 LIFE LESSONS I FORGOT I KNEW
Book ID/图书代码： 14936512B51994
English Summary/英文概要： * Bobblehead Dad is a retrospective on Jim
* Higley’s life and with his experiences with cancer.
* Higley’s lost a father, mother and brother to cancer and fought a battle with cancer of his own
* The experiences of Jim’s kids with his cancer are instructive and helpful to any father dealing with cancer
* Jim’s insights into fatherhood, career and life will help any dad challenged by work life balance. Guide Review - A Review of Bobblehead Dad - 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley
On an airplane flight from Salt Lake City to Chicago to visit my grandchildren, I grabbed Jim Higley’s new book Bobblehead Dad and read it on the trip. I was not quite sure what to expect in this book. I knew from the information I had read that it told Jim’s story about his survival from cancer and I was worried that I would be depressed after reading the book. But I really enjoy personal accounts of fatherhood and family experiences, so I forged ahead.
I found myself totally engrossed in the book and hardly noticed the time going by. At the end, I was uplifted rather than depressed and truly felt as I seldom feel when reading books - I was sorry that it was over and felt that I had a made a new friend.
Jim Higley is a columnist with the Chicago Tribune and writes frequently about fatherhood issues on the web and elsewhere. I have enjoyed the occasional reading of Jim’s Bobblehead Dad column in the Trib and his book had his same familiar and comfortable writing style. The book not only addressed his current life, but was a retrospective on his growing up years and on his family experience with cancer.
Cancer was the unifying theme of Bobblehead Dad, connecting three generations. Jim lost his father to cancer at an early age, his mother to cancer later, and then a cherished older brother. So while his diagnosis with prostate cancer was not a surprise, it was a moment of truth for him and his children.
The book focuses on 25 key life lessons that Jim has gained, and each one is accompanied by anecdotes from his life and his role as a father. Some of the great stories had me laughing on the plane, to the consternation of my seatmates. The story about snooping on his parents giggling in the bedroom was priceless (and it is not what you are thinking). And the life lessons are all poignant and meaningful for any father.
All dads live through some adversity in life. It may be cancer or divorce, like Jim has experienced, or it may be illness, death of a child, a job loss or accident. But the life lessons Jim shares are equally applicable, regardless of a father’s situation.
Jim’s book was a cause of some serious reflection for me, and I suspect he wants it that way. I thought about what I have learned as a dad, what I still need to teach my children and grandchildren, and what I can convey to others as well.
At once inspiring and thought provoking, Bobblehead Dad is a book I would recommend to any father who feels a need to return to the roots of his fatherhood. It reminds us of the things that really matter and what we need to do to really matter in the lives of our families and children.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： *《摇头爸爸》回顾了吉姆•希格利的生活和他与癌症斗争的经历。
*希格利失去了得了癌症父亲、母亲和哥哥，自己也与癌症进行了一场战斗。
*吉姆的孩子与癌症斗争的经验，对任何一个与癌症斗争的父亲都将提供指导和帮助。
*吉姆对父亲时期的事业和生活的洞察将有助于任何父亲挑战工作与生活的平衡。 该书的总回顾：在乘坐盐湖城的飞机飞行到芝加哥看望我的孙子时，我翻开了吉姆•希格利的新书：《摇头爸爸》，在旅途中开始读这本书。我不太清楚期望从这本书中知道什么，翻开这本书，我了解到这本书写了吉姆与在癌症的斗争中战胜癌症的故事。我很担心读完这本书后我会沮丧，但我真的很喜欢看对父亲时代和家庭经验的描述的作品，所以我继续往下读。
我发现自己完全沉浸在这本书中，几乎没有意识到时间的流逝。最终，我并没有沮丧，反而很振奋。真遗憾我已经看完了这本书，但是我感到我已经结交了一个新的朋友。
吉姆•希格利是“芝加哥论坛报”的专栏作家，经常在网络上和其他地方写一些关于父亲的文章。我很高兴能偶然读到吉姆的《摇头爸爸》，读他的书能体验到他那熟悉的和舒适的写作风格。这本书不仅写到了他目前的生活，也写到了他的成长，以及与癌症抗争的家庭经历。
癌症是《摇头爸爸》的主题，联结着三代人。吉姆从小失去了得了癌症的父亲，接着失去了得了癌症的母亲，然后又失去了自己深爱的得了癌症的哥哥。因此，尽管他与前列腺癌的诊断结果并不令人惊讶，但这对他和他的孩子来说是一个很悲凉的时刻。
本书侧重于写25个吉姆已获得的关键的生活经验，每一个伴随着他的一生和他作为一个父亲的角色的轶事。有些故事使我在飞机上捧腹大笑，这使得与我同排坐的旅客感到惊讶。对他的父母在卧室里嬉笑窥探的故事的描写是无价的（并不是你所想的那样）。生活的经验教训是凄美的，对任何父亲都是有意义的。
所有的父亲都经历过一些生活中的逆境。它或许是癌症或许是离婚，像吉姆经历的，也可能是疾病，孩子的去世，失业或者意外。无论父亲是什么样的状况，生活教训对吉姆来说也同样适用。
吉姆的书能让我认真反思，我猜测他也希望这样。我想我作为一个父亲，我还需要教给孩子们和孙子们什么，我能传达给别人什么。
《摇头爸爸》是一本鼓舞人心，发人深省的书，我建议每个父亲都能重新审视自己作为父亲的角色。它提醒我们生活那些真正有价值的事情，那些在我们家庭和孩子生活中真正需要我们做的事情。(兼职翻译-LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：《摇头爸爸》在亚马逊的Kindle商店销量很好，排名16，这是本适合在各国销售的书。
周到，诚实，发掘生活中的经验教训，作者为童年到成年的成长的人提供了坚实的建议---柯克斯书评（Five Stars out of Five）
我发现自己完全沉浸在这本书中，几乎没有意识到时间的流逝。最终，我并没有沮丧，反而很振奋。真遗憾我已经看完了这本书，但是我感到我已经结交了一个新的朋友。--- About.Com Guide- Fatherhood (Wayne Parker)
作为年2011健康类别的图书入围国际图书奖得主：癌症 - 国际图书奖---国际图书奖
读者会拥抱，哀悼，爱不释手，欣赏《摇头爸爸》提供的建议。 ---前言评论
因为我每天都会很忙碌，没时间想一些事情，但这本书让我让我陷入沉思，我的却很欣赏这本书--- BookDads
About the Author/作者介绍： 吉姆•希格利是《摇头爸爸》 的作者，演讲家，生活观察员，与癌症抗争的战士。他是挑战由宝洁公司和男主人杂志主办的首届全国性的比赛“世界上最伟大的爸爸”的得主。希格利每周父亲专栏--《摇头爸爸》发表在“芝加哥论坛报”的TribLocal。他也是其他国家的在线出版物，包括良好的男子项目和男主人的出色的作者。然而，他最喜欢的角色是他三个孩子的“爸爸”。 Jim Higley is the Bobblehead Dad--writer, speaker, life observer, and cancer warrior. He is the inaugural winner of the "World’s Greatest Dad" Challenge, a nationwide contest sponsored by Procter & Gamble Production’s Man of the House magazine. Higley’s weekly fatherhood column, "Bobblehead Dad," is published in the Chicago Tribune’s TribLocal. He is also a featured contributor for other national online publications, including The Good Men Project and Man of the House. His favorite role, however, is being "Dad" to his three kids.
Format:电子手稿
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无