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Daddy Broke His Bicycle
Paperback
Publisher: Anchor and Oak House
Published: Jul 30 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Most stories about fatherhood try to tie everything up with a neat bow. This one leaves the tools scattered on the garage floor.
In Daddy Broke His Bicycle, J.M. Sloan uses the metaphor of a broken bicycle to examine a quieter truth about family: that as parents, we often hand our children a ride that is already bent, rusted, or carrying the hidden wear and tear of our own pasts.
The story follows a dad, a mom, and their son through the ordinary, unpolished realities of daily life. There are no lectures, parenting advice, or tidy resolutions here. Instead, it observes the messy, real-time struggle of a man trying to do the heavy lifting of fixing a broken ride by doing the work to break inherited generational cycles before they get passed down to his son.
From the weight of unresolved history to the quiet impact of a mom's perspective and a dad's simple apology, Sloan finds meaning in the overlooked gears of a normal home.
This isn't a manual, it's just a mirror. It is an invitation to sit low on the concrete floor, look closely at the chains and sprockets, and witness the patient, daily work of human repair.
Step into the garage. Discover a deeply human story about the quiet work of breaking the cycle.
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