Chasing a Dream is intended as a tribute to all parents involved in the awesome task of bringing up children: to those with little option but to go out to full-time work; to single parents caught in the trap of trying to be in two places at the same time; and to those who choose to stay at home yet are mocked for not having a real job.
The author uses his late wife Rachels diaries to show the difficulties an ordinary family experienced in day-to-day living. He makes no claim that their marriage was better or any more successful than average in raising children. The changing customs and mores...