Dreamer’s Daughter: Surviving My Childhood and Raising My Father by Lori Thicke

Simon & Schuster Canada, 2026.

Dreamer’s Daughter is a memoir that will stay with you. The author does a great job of setting the scene and describing the chaotic experience of growing up with an eccentric, free-spirited parent. From impulsively filling their house with live horses, to joining the “Jesus freaks,” her father’s many entrepreneurial pursuits (and a clear lack of parental supervision), result in a childhood where there’s always something going on. Nonetheless, Thicke portrays her dad respectfully, and her love for him shines through this book. If you like Canadian memoirs, resilient women, and reading about unique upbringings I recommend this book!

– Samantha Zani, Toronto