Rich Farmers: My Dad, Drinking, and Me

Michelle was Daddy’s girl, without a doubt. Yet, even as a little kid, she understood that her dad was different from the other daddies; at least sometimes.

Michelle’s life began on a mostly well-adjusted farm in Minnesota. It wasn’t until she’d cleared her first decade that everything began to slide downhill, rapidly. She was sorely unprepared for the dizzying swerves along Whiskey Road, but somehow she survived them.

Rich Farmers is the story of a little girl who idolized her dad; but found that Dad was utterly human. It is a story about finding her way through it all, and coming out mostly normal.

Kids of alcoholics see the world differently from other kids. Even as adults, they view life through a wholly unique prism.

Any kid who grew up in an alcoholic family will recognize themselves in these pages, at least a little bit.