09/07/2015
Announcing justCommunity's 2015 fundraising event! A day long seminar with Gifford Keen and Sam Keen on October 3, 2015 to be held at Heilman Hall at the Bryn Athyn Church Elementary School, 600 Tomlinson Road, Bryn Athyn, PA. Co-sponsored by the Bryn Athyn Men's Groups, this event is open the general public and will be the first time Gifford and Sam will be on the east coast to discuss and share their new book Prodigal Father Wayward Son.
For more information and to register for the event go to:
www.justcommunity.com
https://www.facebook.com/ProdigalFatherWaywardSon
Rave reviews for the book:
"The brutal candor of these exchanges between an estranged father and son caught in a vicious cycle of competition and incomprehension can be hard to take. Stick with it. Both have hurt each other so much that reconciliation comes hard. But what they prove in the end is that the statute of limitations can run out on the wrong we do to one another. Every father and son, mother and daughter, parent and child should exult in the Keens’ discovery that it is never too late to start over."
Bill Moyers
"T.S. Eliot writes that ‘We shall not cease from exploration, and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.’ Gifford and Sam Keen’s book Prodigal Father, Wayward Son lays out in raw, intensely honest form, through a sharing of letters, the story of their reconciliation. To be a witness to their own ‘knowing’ that place of forgiveness, acceptance, and love gives hope that it is never too late to make up and (re)birth a parent / child relationship."
Lee Rush
"A cathartic memoir of forgiveness, healing, and freedom, a metamorphosis reaching back to Sam’s father and forward to Gif’s son. Although focusing on the particular struggle of men, the Keen’s sentiments hold relevance for mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters as well, shedding light on actions and attitudes with the potential to bring families in all walks of life closer together." Foreword Reviews
"More than a memoir, Sam and Gifford write in alternating series with one purpose in mind: to find the true reconciliation. In a day and age when divorce and remarriage have become the norm, so has family dysfunction. Until now, we have been forced to live with the myths we have created about our parents, about our children, and about ourselves. The recipe for healing broken relationships costs less than any of us expected."
San Francisco Book Review
"A courageous look at father-and-son struggles over the years. This universal and archetypal [conflict] is the inheritance of us all. I identified with Sam, and found insights about my son through Gifford’s sharing. Their method of reconciliation is a ‘gift’ for us all. Here is a raw human story that has a joyful ending."
John Bradshaw
Author of Post-Romantic Stress Disorder: What to Do When the Honeymoon Is Over
"In this fine book, honest and eloquent pain spills across every page. This open-hearted sharing is in the service of great teachings. Many fathers and sons will read this and see a path forward."
Mary Pipher, author of The Green Boat
"Prodigal Father, Wayward Son is the most heart-opening book I have ever read. On the surface, it is about virtually every dad and son. Beneath the surface, it opened my heart to further removing the walls between myself and those I yearn to more deeply love. Its fierce honesty and loving grace lead the way. Of Sam Keen’s many terrific books, this is my vote for his best."
Warren Farrell, author of Father and Child Reunion
"Moving and inspiring; this groundbreaking book is the story of father and son overcoming the broken bond of trust and love. Sam Keen, a most trusted voice in our culture for 50 years, and his son Gifford, equally strong and compelling, show a way through struggle and radical honesty that allows fathers and sons to overcome long-festering estrangement and become the best of friends."
Linda Carroll, author of Love Cycles
"Sam and Gifford Keen embody the redemptive power of honest storytelling in their extraordinarily revealing book Prodigal Father, Wayward Son. This father / son relationship is transformed by telling many stories beyond the damaging ones that have kept them apart. The message of this book moves beyond fathers and sons to any intimate relationship that is controlled by a handful of old myths."
Herbert Anderson, coauthor of Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals and coauthor (with Karen Speerstra) of The Divine Art of Dying
"A very brave book about healing. It movingly portrays the very words and process of reconciliation between a father and a son: The courageous voicing and healing of old wounds and deep shame. Underneath that, they discover the deeper love that was always there, but thwarted. You can’t read this book without wishing it could happen in your own family. Of course it can. May this book inspire healing and the rediscovery of love in our families, communities, and the world. We sure need it."
Glen Schneider, author of Ten Breaths to Happiness
