Never Had a Dad: Adventures in Fatherlessness

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Fatherless, friendly 31yoF looking for intrepid M50s-70s who wants to try being a father figure (not sugar daddy).
Georgie Codd never had a dad. And she didnt think that would ever change until a strangers practical joke made her wonder if she could find one. So began her quest for a father figure, placing dadverts in newspapers, magazines and corners of the internet she thought the fatherly might frequent.

Along with the conversations, meetings and the twists and turns of seeking family relationships with strangers comes a curious look at the societal, cultural and biological functions of fatherhood. What makes someone decide to have or not have a child What is the experience for single parents, for queer communities, for people rejected by their birth family or for those who do the rejecting And why were so many dads angling for something other than parenthood

By turns brilliant and bonkers, hilarious and poignant, this is an unexpected story of the strange, intimate things we mean when we talk about family.

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'A dating quest with a difference' The Times

'You think every book has been written you think every idea has come out. And then you pick up a book like this What a wonderful idea and what a wonderful project Everybody needs to get hold of a copy of this book brilliant' Jo Good, BBC Radio London

'[A] strange, touching but often very funny account of one woman's search for a father figure Makes a commendable effort to try to pin down what it means to be a good father, even if defining it proves elusive' Constance Craig Smith, Daily Mail

Georgies the type of person who gets very creative when she tries to solve a problem This American Life

An almost spiritual mission sharply drawn Times Literary Supplement

A lesson in not giving up, demonstrating that, as with all good adventure stories, the real benefit is in the searching The i

A terrific read BBC Radio Norfolk

Author Bio

Georgie Codd was conceived, born and raised in the south-west of England. After a long interlude in three cities, she returned there to live in 2020. That same year, she published the fish-themed memoir We Swim to the Shark, and founded the Time Out award-winning antiviral literary festival BookBound 2020 in aid of mental health charities.

Never Had a Dad is her second book.