Riding the Dog: My Father's Journey Home

On a late spring day, a daughter waits at the airport for her parents' plane to land and a summer visit to begin. Before the summer is over, however, her father will come to live—and die—in her sunroom. And her newfound faith in her heavenly father will uphold her as she learns how to let go of the earthly father she adores.

But so much more happens in that brief season: a century of family memories unfolds like a beloved quilt. A father and daughter reconcile their differences about faith. ...