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M.G. Crisci. Papa Cado (Expanded Fifth Edition, 2019)
Preface
Part One. Growing Up
Chapter 1. The Wall
Chapter 2. Toasted Pecans
Chapter 3. Castleberry Christmas
Chapter 4. Tough Times
Chapter 5. James Mischief & Arthur Angel
Chapter 6. Cracker Jacks
Chapter 7. Mom’s Favorite Son
Chapter 8. 102 Pound Tiger
Chapter 9. Two-Pound Chile Relleño
Chapter 10. Standoff @ Los Altos
Chapter 11. Poker Hooky
Chapter 12. Imaginary Steady
Chapter 13. Who Me?
Chapter 14. Diane & Me
Chapter 15. Sergeant Mercado vs. Private Mercado
Chapter 16. Five-Month Vet
Chapter 17. Trading Ithaca
Chapter 18. First Time Dying
Chapter 19. 1928 Model A
Chapter 20. Pop’s Secret Life
Chapter 21. Hawkeye
Part Two. Peaks and Valleys
Chapter 22. Big Art Goes Off-Road
Chapter 23. Raising Mindy
Chapter 24. Claims Adjuster
Chapter 25. Ernestine Passes
Chapter 26. Den Mother
Chapter 27. Snake Charmer
Chapter 28. My Brother Ernie
Chapter 29 $500 Sport Coat
Chapter 30. Colorado Hobo
Chapter 31. Disco Dude
Chapter 32. Groceries, Gas & Nash
Chapter 33. Sixteen Esmeraldas
Chapter 34. Five By-Pass
Part Three. Love Arrives
Chapter 35. Part-Time Cowboy
Chapter 36. Bicycles ’n Nuggets
Chapter 37. My Last Date
Chapter 38. Laura Mitchell
Chapter 39. Just Say It
Chapter 40. Lion and Lamb
Chapter 41. Buddy
Chapter 42. Wally
Chapter 43. Murphy
Part Four. Bumpy Road Ahead
Chapter 44. Warranty’s Up
Chapter 45. Out-of-Body
Chapter 46. Dart Board
Chapter 47. Papa Does Golf
Chapter 48. Two Triple-Triples
Chapter 49. Medicine Man
Chapter 50. Just Say Thank You
Chapter 51. Endeavor to Persevere
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Chapter 52. Lucky #46
Chapter 53. New Best Friend
Chapter 54. Parker
Chapter 55. September
Chapter 56. Call Me Crazy
Chapter 57. Top Eight
Chapter 58. Nightmares
Chapter 59. Back & Forth
Chapter 60. 50 Years Later
Chapter 61. Final Rest
Part Five. Letters from Arthur
✓ To Pop
✓ To Mom
✓ To Ernie
✓ To Lori
✓ To Mindy
✓ To My Grandkids
✓ To Teresa
✓ To Paul
✓ To Diane
✓ To Susan
Part Six. Letters to Arthur
✓ To Arthur Extraordinaire
✓ To My Poppy
✓ To My Father
✓ To My First Love
✓ To the Man of My Forever Dreams
✓ To My Hero, My Role Model
Part Seven. Lessons Learned
1. Adversity
2. Common Sense
3. Death
4. Fear
5. Food
6. Gambling
7. Laughter
8. Love
9. Medicine
10. Money
11. Nightmares
12. Parkinson’s
13. Reality
14. Sensitivity
15. Self Defense
16. Women
Отрывок из книги
I MET ARTHUR MERCADO, known to his four granddaughters as Papa Cado, some time ago, at the Scripps Hospital Healing Hearts Program in Southern California, where we both live.
Why was I there? My high-powered, self-consuming business career had left me little time for a balanced lifestyle. In other words, I had allowed myself to become a genuine candidate for a heart attack. Two years prior, I had been diagnosed with a cardiac condition called atrial fibrillation—a fancy medical term for a racing heart. While my doctor reassured me, “We don’t have any actual research on the correlation between life expectancy and atrial fib, so you’ll probably live a relatively normal life. However, there was a caveat, "But, you realize you are now in a different risk category.”
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I was also happy I was not within swiping range of the switch blade he surely carried in his back pocket to open beer cans and slice mangoes.
I also decided I was going to make it my job to crack this guy’s shell. After all, I had the secret weapon—my bizarre sense of humor. (I find myself hysterically insightful, all the time).
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