Dreamer's Daughter

“Reminiscent of Jeannette Wall’s The Glass Castle, Thicke’s memoir of growing up with an absent mother and a father whose promises of better days never materialize is heartbreaking but beautifully told with humour and love.”
— PAULINE DAKIN, bestselling author of Run, Hide, Repeat
“An unforgettable memoir about love, loss, resilience… and chasing rainbows to the end of the TransCanada Highway. From a peripatetic father who taught her to dream big and bounce back no matter what, Lori inherited a rich vein of stories, and she’s mined it for pure gold—just what her father always hoped to find. I loved it!”
— PLUM JOHNSON, bestselling author of The Trouble with Fairy Tales
“It’s funny and sad in equal measure, but above all, it’s loving.”
— CEA SUNRISE PERSON, bestselling author of North of Normal
“The best memoir I’ve read this year! This book brims with hope and heart.”
— JANET SKESLIEN CHARLES, #1 bestselling author of The Paris Library
“Captivating and beautifully written, Dreamer’s Daughter invokes the bittersweet drama of being raised by a loving father who was always willing to stake his family’s future on the next big idea. Lori Thicke grew up fast and took notes. If you loved The Glass Castle, you need to read this book.”
— JESSICA WAITE, bestselling author of The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards
“Memoirs are at their best when real life defies belief. Lori Thicke’s story of raising her dangerously optimistic father begins with the family house burning down - which would be too perfect a metaphor for a novel. Heart-breaking, hilarious, and beautifully written.”
— MARK LEIREN-YOUNG, winner of the Leacock Medal for Never Shoot a Stampede Queen
“An exquisitely written, thoroughly engrossing coming-of-age memoir. Dacker Thicke, sweet-natured schemer, takes his place in literature’s pantheon of impossible parents. By turns heart-wrenching and hilarious, Dreamer’s Daughter is a powerful exploration of class, gender roles and the ageless obsession with striking it rich.”
— JAKE LAMAR, award-winning author of Bourgeois Blues and Viper’s Dream
“With clarity and grace, Lori Thicke traces the aftershocks of a father’s love - intense, unstable, and never safe - as she gathers the scattered pieces of a life built, burned, and rebuilt again. A voice you won’t forget and a story you’ll carry with you.”
— LESLIE BRADFORD-SCOTT, author of The Liar’s Playbook
“One of the most beautiful portraits of love I’ve ever read, about a man who gave his daughter everything he had: his flaws, his mistakes, and his dreams. Lori Thicke writes with truth and grace and immense empathy. Her story went straight to my heart and made me call my own father.”
— YARA ZGHEIB, author of No Land to Light On
“Compassionate, poignant, and surprising, this is a welcome addition to the shelf of memoirs about complicated parent-child bonds.”

— Publishers Weekly

Lori Thicke is a Canadian author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She was born in Toronto and raised in a mining town in northern Canada. She earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia where she was awarded the CBC Writing Prize for “exceptional promise”. She moved to Paris and founded the largest translation charity in the world.

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