Contemporary essays
978-1-894898-74-4
5.5 x 7.5, 256 pages
$19.95, softcover with flaps
Available September

Nobody's Father
Life Without Kids
Edited by Lynne Van Luven and Bruce Gillespie
foreword by Tomson Highway

In a sequel to the celebrated collection of stories Nobody's Mother comes an honest and poignant collection of essays from men who have forgone fatherhood.

Statistics Canada data show that seven per cent of women and eight per cent of men intend to remain childless. Nobody's Father gives readers fresh, honest insights into that male eight per cent. Ranging in age from young manhood to late middle age, some gay and some straight, and making their homes across North America, the contributors explore the issues of what it means to live a life without children. While some writers admit they are haunted by feelings of failure to live up to their own fathers' expectations and to carry on the family name, others admit to knowing from an early age that parenthood was not for them and are content with the alternative lives they lead.

Lynne Van Luven is an associate professor at the Department of Writing, University of Victoria, where she teaches journalism and creative non-fiction. She is also a freelance editor, writer and commentator. She is a regular contributor to Monday Magazine and has edited three previous anthologies, including Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids.

Bruce Gillespie is an award-winning freelance writer and editor. His work has appeared in a variety of national magazines and newspapers, including Canadian Geographic, Saturday Night, Chatelaine, the National Post and Quill & Quire. He teaches part-time in Ryerson University's School of Journalism, in Toronto, and lives in Simcoe, Ontario, near the Lake Erie shore.

See Also: Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids