Jordan Canedy is a lucky boy, if you can call a boy without a father lucky. But most children aren’t left a 200-page journal written by their dad. A man-to-man talk of sorts.
Not only that, Jordan’s mother is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who knows a good story when she sees one.
So she builds a book around the journal, giving her son an even richer portrait of a man who died when Jordan was only 7 months old.
"A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor" is a brutally honest look at Dana Canedy’s life with 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, who was killed in Iraq in October 2006.
King began writing his journal the year before, just in case he didn’t come home.
The book is part news story, part confessional.
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A Few Reviews
"This tragic story of love and war reminds all Americans that we are fortunate to have people like Sgt. Charles King, willing to die for our country. Dana Canedy bears witness to the enduring power of love, to Sgt. King's heroism and his unfailing devotion to his family and his men."
—Caroline Kennedy
"This book is a living, breathing legacy. It's full of wonderful treasures offered by a unique and spirited father, whose loving words of wisdom to his infant son are a rite of passage that will transform us all. It is written with serene grace: part memoir, part love story, all heart."
—James McBride, author of The Color of Water
“Dana Canedy's moving memoir has captured my heart and won't let it go. Courageous in its honesty and at times unsettling, it draws us deep into the soul of a woman in love, the pain of her loss and the unpardonable theft of hopes and dreams, lives and futures stolen by war. With an exquisite voice, Canedy recounts moments of intense emotion that haunt us long after savoring the last lines. I didn't want it to end.”
—Susan L. Taylor, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Essence, and founder of the National CARES Mentoring Movement
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