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Fat Daddy: Three Broken Families, One Broken System
Fat Daddy arrives at a moment when Australia’s family law system remains one of the country’s most contested and least trusted institutions. Interweaving three harrowing personal narratives with analytical chapters on the structural realities of the court, the book confronts the crises facing many modern fathers: restricted access to children, weaponised allegations, financial extraction through child support, parental alienation, and elevated male suicide risk.
At 394 pages, it is both case study and indictment.
The three central stories are ordinary men pushed to extremes. Richard discovers…
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