Gary Goldsmith is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Georgia School of Law. Now retired from life as an attorney, he finds that writing for hours in his windowless basement, surrounded only by his books and a peaceful small dog nestled against him, is more satisfying than a starched legal career.
When a routine evening turns into a nightmare, professional basketball player, Parker Richardson’s world collapses. His baby daughter, Stephanie, suffers a sudden seizure that shatters the illusion of a perfect life. As doctors search for answers, Parker’s wife, Abby—a brilliant but emotionally distant physics professor—seeks comfort in logic, while Parker battles helplessness, guilt, and the haunting question of what it means to be a father to a child with emotional, medical and intellectual challenges. Torn between the demands of his career and the fragility of his family, he faces choices that will test his love, his faith, and his very sense of self. Stephanie’s Father is a moving exploration of the fault lines that run through marriage and parenthood, and of one man’s fight to hold on to hope when everything he cherishes stands on the edge of loss.
