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I Never Called Him Pa by Diane Kane, is a coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s that captures the heart of rural America through the voice of Henry, a young boy growing up on a farm near the railroad tracks in Northern Illinois without a father. The story evokes laughter and tears in equal measure. After WWII men were sent home on trains. Some never got off. They rode the rails searching for their souls lost to the toils of society or the ravages of war. One such man of color ailing from the his harsh life seeks refuge with a weary widow, her wayward daughter, and fatherless grandson. They are all searching for something while bearing the burden of sins and secrets. The ghosts of their pasts drive them apart and bind them together. While Ernest leaves a mark deeper than ever imagined. Take a journey you will never forget in I Never Called Him Pa, by Diane Kane.

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Author Diane Kane's fiction and nonfiction short stories appear in numerous anthologies. She is a founding member of Quabbin Quills, a nonprofit organization helping authors and students. Kane is the publisher and co-author of Flash in the Can Number One (2018) and Number Two (2020), books of short stories. She also writes public interest articles for magazines and newspapers. Kane's first children's book, Don Gateau the Three-Legged Cat of Seborga (2020), is available in English, Spanish, French, and Italian and won the Purple Dragonfly Award for Caring/Making a Difference. Her second children's book, Brayden the Brave Goes to the Hospital (April 2021), was endorsed by the Boston Children's Hospital. Kane's debut novel, I Never Called Him Pa (March 2023), won cover finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. She is working on her next novel when the voices in her head tell her what to write.

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