The Old Man Eating Alone

The Old Man Eating Alone | Howard Pearlstein

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5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\If there was ever a picture book, meant to rip your heart out and stomp on it, it‘s this one. But it is done in such a beautiful and loving way that this will be a very heavy contender for top book of the year and its only January. A little girl sees an old man eating alone every single day on her walk to school and one day he‘s not there. When he returns on the third day, she hast to go talk to him. Why wasn‘t he there?

LibrarianRyan Where did he go? What happened.? Turns out it was the man‘s anniversary and he explained to the young lady that he‘s not truly alone. He‘s sitting with the memories of his wife, and if you have memories of other people, you‘re never alone. But less than his home at the end, when the man once again, doesn‘t show up because he will no longer show up. But he leaves a note for the little girl to remind her that she is never truly alone. Like I said, 1y

LibrarianRyan stomp on my heart, make me cry in the best most loving possible way

1y

tpixie Wow 🤩 1y

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