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Daughters
Terminally ill
Parents
Fathers and daughters, fiction
Fathers
Fathers and daughters
Parenting
Fiction, family life, general
Fiction, psychological
Death
Conduct of life
Literature
Fiction
When he discovered that he had only six months to live, thirty-year-old Kevin Bates picked up his pen and wrote The Manual—advice for his five-year-old daughter, Lois, to live by, laugh at, and follow from twelve until thirty. Seven years later, when Lois is given The Manual, she can barely bring he…
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