This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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RAISING THE DAD. Copyright © 2018 by Tom Matthews. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Matthews, Tom, 1960– author.
Title: Raising the dad: a novel / Tom Matthews.
Description: First edition. | New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017045657 | ISBN 9781250094766 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250094773 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Dysfunctional families—Fiction. | Family secrets—Fiction. | Fathers—Fiction. | Domestic fiction. | GSAFD: Black humor (Literature)
Classification: LCC PS3613.A8276 R35 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017045657
eISBN 9781250094773
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First Edition: April 2018