Fatherhood media tie-in (previously published as Two Kisses for Maddy)
A Memoir of Loss & Love
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4.6 • 436 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The #1 hit movie on Netflix starring Kevin Hart, based on the courageous and searingly honest memoir about the first year of the author's life following the birth of his daughter and the death of his wife.
Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous new home, and a baby girl on the way. Liz's pregnancy was rocky, but they welcomed Madeline, beautiful and healthy, into the world. Just twenty-seven hours later, Liz suffered a pulmonary embolism and died instantly, without ever holding the daughter whose arrival she had so eagerly awaited.
Though confronted with devastating grief and the responsibilities of a new and single father, Matt did not surrender to devastation; he chose to keep moving forward—to make a life for Maddy.
In this memoir, Matt shares bittersweet and often humorous anecdotes of his courtship and marriage to Liz; of relying on his newborn daughter for the support that she unknowingly provided; and of the extraordinary online community of strangers who have become his friends. In honoring Liz's legacy, heartache has become solace.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Matt Logelin’s memoir of fatherhood and loss packs a serious emotional punch. The day after the difficult birth of Logelin’s daughter, Maddy, his wife, Liz, died suddenly. Thrown into the deep end of both fatherhood and grief, the Los Angeles blogger began chronicling his memories, creating a wonderfully earnest and plainspoken story of processing extreme change. Logelin’s book is dotted with welcome moments of levity, like the tragicomedy of trying to change a baby in men’s restrooms. Ultimately, it’s this warts-and-all approach that makes Fatherhood such a vivid experience, even if you’ve already watched the movie adaptation starring Kevin Hart. Though the road Logelin travels is a hard one, you’ll be glad you came along on his stirring journey. Just don’t forget to bring along tissues.
Customer Reviews
A Must Read. Couldn't Put It Down.
The best book I've read in years. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be inspired to be a better person. In lighter moments, the book is laugh-out-loud funny, wonderfully sweet and poignant while at other moments you'll find yourself in the midst of the "ugly cry." Buy this book for you. Send this book to the people in your life whom you adore (even those you might not adore, but like a whole lot, nonetheless). An absolutely wonderful, exceptionally-written book. L.O.V.E.D. IT!
Emotional
Made me emotional and think of my childhood and mother
One of the Best ever.
Struck so many chords in me. Terribly heartbreaking story but I’m glad he shared as a service to all of those in pain and going through similar situations and the help, therapy, relief and guidance it can provide.