The Last Father Daughter Dance by Lisa Wingate

Amazon Original Stories (January 1, 2026)

Fiction/Short Story

For a father and daughter, it’s a journey through the four seasons in a poignant short story about memories and everlasting love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate.

Olympic silver medalist Kalista Brooks has built a successful life in California, complete with a thriving sports technology company and a handsome fiancé. But when her father’s heart condition takes a critical turn, she rushes home to Atlanta. There, her father makes a surprising request: to relive favorite memories from all four seasons in just one month at their old farmhouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

With help from the community and her long-lost sidekick Calvin Calhoon, Kalista creates a tapestry of cherished moments—dogwoods in bloom, homemade blackberry jam, autumn bonfires, and a magical winter evening that will live forever in her heart. But as father and daughter share these precious weeks together, Kalista discovers that time has a way of revealing what matters most. In the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains where she grew up, she learns that sometimes the sweetest seasons of life come when we least expect them.

REVIEW

What a sweet, short story. I may be a short read, but it packs a punch. Showcases a daughters love for her father in such a caring way. Loved it!

Reviewed by Comfy Chair Books/Lisa Reigel

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lisa Wingate is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Before We Were Yours, which has sold more than three million copies and been translated into over forty languages worldwide; Shelterwood; The Book of Lost Friends; and the nonfiction book Before and After, coauthored with Judy Christie. Wingate is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, a Goodreads Choice Award winner, and a Southern Book Prize winner. She lives in the Hill Country of Texas and the mountains of Colorado.