Flying With Dad: Large Print

Yvonne grew up wanting her dad's time. His attention. His approval. She wanted to go fishing with him. She didn't know why he barked at her or how to avoid their terrible fights. Raising four kids meant Mike Caputo didn't have much time for tenderness. And the hidden trauma from flying B24 bombers in WWII left him keeping to himself. One phone call between them just a few years before Mike Caputo died, everything changed. But was it too late?

Flying with Dad is the moving story of a daughter striving to understand her father and him sharing with her his harrowing experiences as a B-24 navigator in WWII.

James Bradley, author, Flags of Our Fathers

Yvonne Caputo's remarkable, extended 'interview' of her late father, World War II B-24 Navigator Captain Michael Caputo, is a nuanced and authentic window on one man's personal experience of combat. Beyond enriching the historical record, father and daughter offer welcome insight on the veteran's humility and stoicism, and how character framed the combatant's experience of mortal adversity but is also forever changed by it.

Brian Mahoney, World War II researcher and co-author of Reluctant Witness: Memoirs for the Last Year of the European Airwar 1944- 1945

What grabs you in this engrossing family saga is the fierce connection forged slowly between father and daughter - a long, solo journey of small steps carried out with sensitivity and guts. Captivating The man who loved a good story would appreciate what his daughter has done in Flying with Dad - as readers will too.

Jane LaTour, author of Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City

Having worked with thousands of clients who long for even one deep conversation with their parent, grandparent, or uncle about their World War II experience, this book will feel very relatable. For anyone who had a difficult relationship with their silent generation dad, this will be a comfortable and comforting read. If you're lucky enough to have a World War II relative still living, this might give you the courage to ask the questions you've been wanting to ask.

William L. (Bill) Beigel, author of Buried on the Battlefield: Not My Boy

For anyone who has an interest in the events leading up to and including World War II and beyond, this superb book is a must read. Yvonne Caputo brings everything to life in this very moving story.

David Hastings, former chair of the Second Air Division Memorial Library

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ingenium Books
Published: 06/03/2020
ISBN: 9781989059326
Pages: 492
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.10d