Feri said...: Old-World Truths, Sharp Wit, and Strange Wisdom from a Hungarian Father

A moving, funny, and deeply personal tribute to a difficult but unforgettable father.Feri was a Hungarian father shaped by war, exile, hunger, hard work, and lost dreams. He was not an easy man. He could be sharp, stubborn, volatile, and impossible to explain. But he was also brilliant, loyal, observant, deeply funny, and full of strange old-world wisdom.In Feri Said..., Marika Molnar gathers the remembered sayings, habits, humor, and life lessons of her father, Feri, a man who fled his country, built a new life through work, loved his family in complicated ways, and stood outside the circle with the eyes of someone who saw more than he could always say.Part memoir, part tribute, part collection of dry wisdom, this book is for daughters, families, and anyone who has ever loved a difficult father and only understood him later.A warm, bittersweet gift book about fathers, memory, exile, family, humor, and the strange beauty of finally seeing someone whole.