Tearing up in Public

This is my kind of book! A young widower is allowing himself to wallow in his own depression after the love of his life is killed in a plane crash. But unfortunately the outside world keeps getting in his way. And his family. The book takes you on a roller coaster ride, as you laugh through your tears, guffaw out loud, blush and invest yourself in these peoples lives. Although none of these things has happened to me yet, most of them will...such as losing someone you love, sitting by helplessly while someone screws up their life, watching a marriage crumble before you, be blindsided by someone's infidelity and/or watching your parents slip away. Although all these things happen to the main character within a year or two, they are all things we can identify with as something that has happened or will happen. But the author has created such a wonderful story about it all that I didn't want to put it down, by creating characters well filled out and brilliantly hilarious dialog. It was one of those books I couldn't stop reading, but got anxious towards the end of the book because I would no longer be able to slip in and out of this world and family that I had gotten so involved in.

10/10