Fathers Can Be Good Dads

About the Book

Fathers Can Be Good Dads is a novel, which is based on true events. Even though dates, houses, names of people, countrysides, and sceneries have been changed, the family interactions are real. However, not all have been the actions of Ginia Marie Giselle Hinson, the heroine of the book. The majority, though, are. When the author was a little girl, she often sat around the family sitting-room table or stood outside the doors, listening as the grown-ups in her family were sharing with loud laughter the mischiefs they had gotten themselves into when they were young. Often, the author wondered how she could improve on these mischiefs just to get a bit more attention. A heartfelt thank you is expressed to all family members and friends the author had listened to. Everyone was an inspiration to her. Also a thank you is given to all those she had interacted with and to all those who got into trouble with her in moments of absolute exuberance where household rules were ignored. The novel is dedicated to every writer who has struggled through the ups and downs of putting together personal memoirs to preserve, in writing for children and their children’s children, an insight into a life that once existed before their own times.

About the Author

Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate is the author of the children’s books Tales and Bedtime Stories and The Muddy Little Bell. She is also the author of three novellas in The Lucia Rider book, consisting of “The Lucia Rider,” “The Island for Rent,” and “The Town’s Child.” All three novellas focus on handling everyday situations that need to be recognized, dealt with, and overcome. Her latest publication is Stepping Through Time, a poetic rendition of the development of mankind. Brigitta Gisella Geltrich was born in Kitale, Kenya, and received her education in Europe and in Canada. She did her university studies at the United States and completed an ABD (all but dissertation) degree at the University of Arizona; University of California, Berkeley; and University of California, Los Angeles. Her degree is in Germanic Linguistics and in Germanic Folklore. She also holds an associate’s degree from the Palmer’s Writing School.