Cindi Michael

“One of the Best Books of 2016,” Redbook Magazine

Readers’ Favorite, Honorable Mention.

 

Millions of viewers watched George Michael’s Sports Machine each week for video highlights of events around the country, including sometimes his daughter, Cindi. Cindi Michael appears to live a charmed life: she’s happily married, has a successful career, and is a loving mom to two wonderful children. Yet she longs for a father who hasn’t spoken to her in twenty years, and even secretly watches him on TV when the longing becomes unbearable.

When Cindi was eleven, her father, George Michael, fought for sole custody of her and her siblings, raising three children on his own despite being a bachelor and rock ’n’ roll DJ in New York. But with his rising fame as the host of the popular show Sports Machine, his 80-hour-a-week work schedule, and his second marriage, the close relationship Cindi shared with her father began to crack; she did everything to earn his love and attention, but for perfectionist George, it was never enough—and when she was eighteen and a freshman in college, in a burst of anger, he told her never to come home again. As the years went on, Cindi struggled to steel her heart while still remaining hopeful that they would one day reconcile, just as her father did with his own dad, and transcend painful family patterns that span generations. Candid, moving, and ultimately hopeful, The Sportscaster’s Daughter is a family story of forgiveness, faith, and strength.

The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and through independent book sellers. Thank you for reading! If you read the book, please do consider posting a review on Amazon or GoodReads – it’s the best way people can decide if the book is for them, it lets me know what you thought of it, and it boosts the book in those pesky search engines!

Stores in the DC area that have had the book in stock in the last year:  East City Bookshop,  Kramer Books, Politics and Prose.