

The process of coming to grips with difficult situations. The little details in conversations between parents and children that get all tangled up through multiple layers. The assumptions and messiness of the characters' thoughts and emotions. What struck me about the revelation of the lesbian affair was how frank and open everything played out. If you do agree, however, I heartily recommend this book for the honest and tasteful way that it handles the situation. If you disagree, you may want to reconsider purchasing this book.

This is apparently the philosophy that the author holds by. The protagonist muses later on about how adults try to protect children from uncomfortable truths, but that just makes things worse. IT begins with the revelation of a lesbian affair between the protagonist's mother and his father's secretary. The characters are engaging, the plot is fresh, and Mr.
