With lengthy perspective, I have herded tension, searing humanity and flat-out Jewish humor into a structure of related short stories that is this book.
If you have ever skipped a stone across water, you will understand the trajectory of these related pieces.
This has been hard, grown-up work over decades that resulted in a deeper understanding of loved ones I thought I knew, and have learned since that I did not.
Now that the book of my dead family is complete, I take long dog walks in the cemetery, look up at the sky, and shout, “Look, I’m sorry!”
If you have ever skipped a stone across water, you will understand the trajectory of these related pieces.
This has been hard, grown-up work over decades that resulted in a deeper understanding of loved ones I thought I knew, and have learned since that I did not.
Now that the book of my dead family is complete, I take long dog walks in the cemetery, look up at the sky, and shout, “Look, I’m sorry!”
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