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EXPLORING FATE, FORGIVENESS AND FAMILY LEGACY
A captivating drama about a woman's desire to change her family's fate and the estranged father that turns their world upside down.
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"Dead Daddy Issues is a rich, profoundly moving, multigenerational saga. DaCosta expertly captures all the complexities of parents, children and siblings trying to understand and fulfill each other’s needs while being haunted by the past and the future. A tapestry of a modern family in all its glorious messiness—its heartbreaks, secrets, grief and joy—I couldn’t put it down."
— Melanie Gideon, NYT Bestselling Author of Valley of the Moon and Wife 22
"Author Corrin DaCosta masterfully portrays complex family dynamics ... in a way that feels raw and authentic...The writing is evocative and poetic, giving a literary style...I strongly recommend Dead Daddy Issues. Five Stars."
— Readers' Favorite
"A raw exploration of grief, identity,
and the lingering impact of our relationship with our parents ...
Dead Daddy Issues is filled with powerful imagery and emotional depth."
- S. EDISON, APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
THE STORY
Tarot reader Leia Sparks has always believed in fate but, standing over her father's coffin, she knows he'd still be alive if she hadn't messed with his.
Haunted by a secret guilt, Leia confesses her story to a Catholic Priest, recalling her fateful move back to her conservative hometown, Liberty, Washington, to fix her relationship with the teenage kids she'd lost custody of.
Propelled by an ominous psychic reading, Leia is determined to stay one step ahead of fate and break her family's generational cycles of dysfunction, but her return is full of challenges: a punishing ex-husband, judgmental locals, not to mention the haunting reminders of her parent's scandalous divorce 20 years before; thank goodness she has her wild best friend, Sadie, the one person, she believes, who would never betray her.
When Leia's charming, alcoholic, and estranged father, Leo, shows up on her doorstep looking to make amends, she believes it's fate and lets him move in, turning her world upside down and forcing her to make unthinkable decisions for her family's future.
Dead Daddy Issues is a raw and lyrical story that will grab you from the very first page and make you part of the Sparks Family. And then ... the truth of Leo's death will break your heart.
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This is Leia's confession.