Abraham in the Old Testament is ready to sacrifice his son Isaac when God orders him to do so as a test of faith. An angel intervenes at the last minute and Isaac, bound on the altar, is freed and replaced by a ram. Some commentators excuse Abraham, saying he knew God wouldn’t really make him kill his son. But Isaac wasn’t clued in and grew up traumatized. Read about another bad dad in The Great Stork Derby, based on an actual contest in which a husband pressures his wife to have babies for cash and, fifty years later, learns the true meaning of fatherhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.
