Wrong Manual

The Wrong Manual is a daughter’s unflinching journey through the contradictions of a father’s love harsh, hilarious, tender, and often wrong. These poems capture mornings that began at 3 a.m., choices made without asking, scolding that stung as much as they saved, and the shift from rebellion to reluctant gratitude. It is a story of a man who loved loudly and imperfectly, and a daughter who resisted, mourned, and finally tried to understand. Darkly funny yet deeply moving, this collection speaks to anyone raised on rules and reprimands, still trying to rewrite the instructions handed down to them.