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Street Smarts
What my father taught me in 1,109 texts.
A raw, luminous memoir about the eleven months that finally gave MK a father after twenty-five years of silence, the texts she now reads like scripture, and the long climb from merely existing back into a life.
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- A father, a daughter, and an education that came too late
- The 1,109 texts, read back like scripture
- Complete PDF + Kindle-ready EPUB
- Lulu-ready 6 x 9 paperback interior + wrap cover
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Street Smarts is a father-loss memoir built from 1,109 text messages, a few phone calls, and the eleven months that finally gave MK a father after twenty-five years of silence.
It moves through grief, survival, the strange education love gives you after it is already too late, and the brutal curriculum of learning which loves are load-bearing. It is raw, direct, and full of the kind of lines that stay under the skin.
The ebook is ready as PDF and Kindle EPUB, with Lulu-ready 6 x 9 interior and wraparound cover files prepared for a direct paperback listing.
“I had to love you to lose you. And given the choice, knowing the cost, I would open that door again every single time.”
— MK Parrish
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Seneca
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Who it's for
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You have loved someone harder after losing them than you knew how to love them while they were here
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You keep old texts, voicemails, and fragments like a private archive
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You want a grief memoir that is unsentimental but deeply tender
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You are drawn to father stories, survival writing, and essays about coming back to life
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You want a book that can become a premium direct paperback, not just a digital file
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What my father taught me in 1,109 texts.
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The first draft is survival. The second draft is power.
MK Parrish
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