Here, but Not Present

A dad's absence is still a presence in a child's life.

Three sons of Newark, doctors, describe their experience in coming to grips with absent fathers in their third book, The Bond. Sad as their experience is, would they (or their fathers) trade it for never having the opportunity to learn the biological link — a fate mandated in certain circumstances by a recent Canadian court ruling?

** It's more than DNA — dad not around. **