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I went into this book pretty much blind. I had heard some good buzz and read a previous book by the author which was enough for me to want to give it a try. From the first sentence I was swept away on a tumult of feelings as the narrator faced his own head-on. This is a slim novel that says so much about parenthood, abortion, and marriage. Unflinching and still tender, I read it one sitting.

This slender volume by Peter Ho Davies (an example of what I suppose is called auto-fiction these days) tackles parenthood, autism, and abortion in just over 220 pages. While I was intrigued by Davies‘s minimalist style and courage in writing this, the petite physical dimensions of this book (5” x 7”) unexpectedly made it a little physically clunky for me to read. Guess I should stick to books larger than my hands 😂

This wasn‘t on my radar until I read about it on BookPage‘s best of the year list. I have since seen it on NYT‘s list of 100. I am totally blown away. This may also appear on my “best of the year” list. This slim novel allows readers into the mind of a father as he navigates parenthood, as his son grows from a newborn through elementary-age. Touching, eye-watering, humorous and perfectly captures the feelings for one‘s own children. All the 🌟

I‘ve been reading and enjoying everyone‘s #weeklyforecast for a long time and have finally made my own 😊
Found my current read (tagged) on a best of the year list. I believe BookPage‘s. It‘s great!!
Just finished Happy and it‘s sexy! 🥵
Pretty confident I can get to the next three I‘ve checked out on Libby before the week is over.

This a soul-crushing, uplifting, honest, heartbreaking, hopeful novel — not unlike the experience of parenthood. Peter Ho Davies has given us an incredible readable experience. I always say this about him, but this is indeed his best.

“... the unutterable made utterance by virtue of being written, whispered on a page.” p. 212

#GroupText for the New York Times Book Review and The West Wing. 🥰