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He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The contributors to this collection come from a wide range of different backgrounds in terms of race, socioeconomic status, religion, and geographic location. Their essays offer deep insights into the emotions related to losing one’s father, including sadness, indifference, anger, acceptance—and everything in between.

Ever since I heard her name, I’ve been obsessed. My men had to find her. Save her. Keep her alive. Because I needed her. Marilyn is the air that I breathe, the sun to my moon. And I will move heaven and earth to make her mine. I will come for her kidnapper. He will have his reckoning for what he’s done. But until then, I will watch over her. She is my addiction, my everything. And no one will come between us.