Craig Melvin

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Learning to Be a Son and a Father

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Produktbeschreibung

A "deeply personal, heartwarming" exploration of fatherhood, addiction, and resiliency from the award-winning news anchor of NBC'sTodayshow (Shondaland). Growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, Craig Melvin had a fraught relationship with hisfather. A hard-drinking man who worked the graveyard shift at a postal facility, Lawrence Melvin was a distant parent. Craig found ways of connecting with his father through sports and tinkering with his beloved 1973 Pontiac LeMans. But as Lawrence's drinking spiraled out of control, their bond was stretched to the breaking point. Fortunately, Craig had a loving, fiercely protective mother who held the family together. He also had a series of surrogate father figures in his life-uncles, teachers, workplace mentors-who by their examples helped him figure out the kind of person and father hewanted to be. Popsis the story of all these men, and of the inspiring fathers Craig has met reporting his "Dads Got This Series" on theTodayshow. For Craig, this book is an opportunity to better understand his father; to interrogate his family's legacy of addiction and despair as well as transformation and redemption; and to explore the challenges facing all dads-including Craig himself, a father of two young children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 215
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780063072015
• Artikelnr.: 60213623

Autorenporträt

Craig Melvin is the news anchor of NBC News' Today show, a co-host of 3rd Hour Today, an anchor on MSNBC Reports, and a host of Dateline NBC. Before joining Today, he was a national correspondent, and before that he was an anchor on NBC's affiliate in Washington, D.C. He has interviewed presidents, ambassadors, and celebrities, but most enjoys profiling ordinary Americans who have accomplished the extraordinary. He's also covered a wide variety of breaking news events during his career, including several inaugurations, national political conventions, and too many mass shootings, including in Charleston and Sandy Hook. Melvin has also taken part in NBC Sports' coverage of numerous major events, including two Olympic Games and six Super Bowls. He graduated from Wofford College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he now serves on the board of trustees. He also serves on the Colorectal Cancer Alliance Board of Directors. He lives in the New York City area with his family.