Award-winning writer, journalist and commentator, Julia Baird, was prompted to create this book by something close to home. Last year, for the birthday of her teenage son, she asked significant family and friends to write a letter to her son, Sam, about 'how to be a good man'. Inspired by both the letters that they wrote - and Sam's heartfelt and thoughtful response to them - Julia decided that this was a book that needed to be written. She has since collected letters and advice from over fifty two older men to young men. The letters are unique and idiosyncratic - sometimes funny, sometimes very moving, sometimes practical, but always thought-provoking - on what it means to be a good man, about how actions shape character, and how character shapes a meaningful and fulfilled life. From Tim Ross to Tim Minchin; from Trent Dalton to Hugh van Cuylenburg; from Justin Langer to Stan Grant to Tony Birch, this book is designed to be uplifting, positive and inspiring - and occasionally challenging - for young men, and to spark conversations about what kind of men they want to be and how they want to be in the world.