Dear Dad

Two human beings: Lutfullah a 27 year old Afghan father of two small kids running away from war threats and uncertainties in Afghanistan to secure a good future for his children in Australia. The author running away from an abusive home at age 12 to look for a life of his own lived and survived the streets suffered abuses just the same but made a life of his own yet nursing the hatred and pain against his father. The book weaves the story together from out of the first ten days of Lutfullah's experience as a refugee in Australia; his difficulties anxieties fears and his willingness to brave it all for the sake of his children. Painted in the book is the paradox of Lutfullah as a loving father versus the author's abusive father and how the ten days led the author to heal his wounds and forgive.