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Publishers Weekly: “Winsome and erudite … fresh and insightful.”

“Fatherhood is a richly absorbing piece of history embedded in a wealth of wonderful storytelling. A pleasure to read.” —Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments

"What is a father, exactly? To answer this question, Augustine Sedgewick cracks open the lives of fathers before him, nearly all predating the great feminist thinkers who guide his inquiry. Absorbing, rigorous, and profoundly moving, Fatherhood is an exquisite narrative history that offers new ways of thinking about masculinity and the modern family." —Kate Bolick, author of the New York Times Bestseller Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

"We have mainly relied on feminist theory to tell the difficult truth and harms of patriarchy, but Fatherhood adds to that important canon. It is an invigorating, impressively researched, and honest read. Anyone doing the work of dismantling and reframing the heavy role of the father will find something here." —Raymond Antrobus, author of Signs, Music