This Year, Give Your Spouse a Glider (Well...Sort of)

[Chip Bearden]

Recent chatter on RAS Prime has been very serious. The Pawnee NPRM thread is a real downer, for example. So I thought I'd inject a little levity with my shameless commercial message.
 
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I've heard it multiple times:

“Chip, I really liked your book, GOODBYE, PAPA GOLF. But then my spouse read it and said they finally understood why I fly gliders.”

Say what? For over 50 years, I tried to explain the appeal of soaring to my friends and family. And now it's finally working?

Maybe it's because [spoiler alert] the book isn’t focused only on flying. Or winning. It's also about loss, grief, adversity, recovery, and all the ways we keep pushing when life turns dark.

Whatever, it seems to have acquired some "crossover" appeal, like Taylor Swift segueing from country to pop, except with fewer sequins and less (a lot less) money. Okay, that might be a stretch.

Full disclosure: I can't promise your partner will encourage you to go soaring the next time good weather beckons. But if you’re looking for a holiday gift for them (“I got this for you, dear!”), consider GOODBYE, PAPA GOLF. Because you care.

Go ahead and read it first, though; they’ll never know!

Chip Bearden

At Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF48TZVK, the SSA, and most other online booksellers.

Comments from readers: https://chipbearden.com/home-page/what-others-are-saying/

[Paul Edhlund]

Well I really enjoyed it (the book). It never occurred to me that my wife might also like it.

Paul Edhlund
954-325-4656

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[Tom Weiher]

It's a great read, I'm waiting for the movie to come out.

Tom