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In a group home, nestled in a residential Scottsdale neighborhood, Little Bird holds the unresponsive hand of her bigger-than-life father. This is the first time in her life she is helpless to make her father laugh or feel good. The youngest of three, once the freckle-faced, shrill little girl, she becomes Little Bird six weeks prior to her father's death. This remarkable memoir takes the reader on an irreverent and poignant ride of bad gifts, unfiltered commentaries and her father's untouchable powder keg personality. Untouchable for everyone, except Little Bird. Through their journey of stories, letters, and voicemails, this unshakable bond will stand the test when her father receives a terminal diagnosis, amidst the unthinkable backdrop of the Covid 19 pandemic. With visiting miniature horses and vanilla milkshakes along the way, Little Bird becomes a monomaniac on a mission to make everything ok for her father one last time.

ISBN-13: 9781667818108

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: BookBaby

Publication Date: 02-28-2022

Pages: 190

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

Award-winning artist and former stand-up comedian Deena Goldstein pens her debut memoir "OK, Little Bird". Deena's artwork has been featured in solo and collective exhibitions, receiving numerous honors for her original acrylics. Now "Little Bird" shares the unique, irreverent and touching relationship with her quirky, loveable cowboy father. Deena's flair for humor and all things offbeat makes this book a memorable debut.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Sonny with a Chance of Suave 9

Liver with a Side of Common-tater and Other Tales from Hell's Kitchen 19

The Hospice Time Machine 27

Silver Boxes and Shaving Cream 31

Rules My Father Lived By 35

Car Rules and a Double Order of Fries Please 39

The Revolving Caregiver 43

The Coffee Klatch Kvetch 46

Clothes Captioned 54

Doppelganger Den 61

Snap To 67

Freckles and Floaters 69

Warm Fuzzies and Snacks in a Pickle 75

Fish Hooks and Extension Cords 83

Butterfly Sneakers and the Pandemic Hourglass 90

Swearing Horses and Mini Wonders 94

Sugar Cubes and Bad Donuts 107

Fleeting Thoughts and Advice 116

Dating Interrogations and Unfiltered Declarations 118

Here for the Calibration and Collaboration 130

Evaporation of Struggling 134

I Hope You Don't Mind 138

"OK, Little Bird" 141

Gravelly Love at the End of the Road 147

Bad Gifts and Random Laughs 150

Father's Day 154

June 22, 2021 157

The Necessary Finality of It All 161

Quiet Darkness 164

Incoming One-Liners 168

One Year Later, Here's What I Know 170

One Year and Four Weeks, But Who's Counting? 173

Acknowledgements 177