Author of Dreamer’s Daughter: Surviving My Childhood and Raising My Father
Coming spring 2026!
“Exquisitely written, thoroughly engrossing — by turns heart-wrenching and hilarious.”
— Jake Lamar, award-winning author of Bourgeois Blues and Viper’s Dream
“The best memoir I’ve read this year! This book brims with hope and heart.”
— Janet Skeslien Charles, international bestselling author of The Paris Library
“If you loved The Glass Castle, you need to read this book.”
— Jessica Waite, bestselling author of The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards”
Dreamer’s Daughter
In a mining town where hope is as tapped-out as the gold, a mother abandons her two children. Dreamer’s Daughter is a memoir of what happens next as Lori, 10, and Brad, 5, end up in the custody of their free-spirited father. Colorful and larger-than-life, Dacker is a dreamer who fails spectacularly at everything — except at being a loving parent.
COMING IN SPRING 2026!
About Lori
Lori Thicke is a Canadian author, founder, and speaker. She was born in Toronto and raised in a mining town in northern Canada. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia where she was awarded the CBC Writing Prize for “exceptional promise”. She moved to Paris and founded the largest translation charity in the world, Translators without Borders.