Dadland
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A family memoir about the author's race to document her father's story as a World War II paratrooper before his mind succumbed to dementia relates how he overcame formidable obstacles and maverick impulses to join an elite special ops unit that was a first collaboration between the American and British Secret Services.
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Keggie Carew — seen here with her father, Tom Carew — says, "It was never mundane with dad, even with dementia." Courtesy of Grove Atlantic hide caption