This book was quite possibly one of the best, emotional books I have ever read. The book is about a man, Prate, who has to take care of her wife after her recent development of Alzheimer's. He decides to put her in a nursing home. His son, Newell, who has recently lost his wife, asks Prate if he can watch Jackson (Newell's son) for the summer. while he attends art school. Prate isn't really sure what to do with his grandson for a whole summer, while going to the nursing home to watch and care for his wife, Irene.
This book was wonderful in so many ways. I loved that with all of Irene's forgetfulness, Prate never stopped loving her. There were two different stories going on here that were tied into one. Newell is trying to forget his wife who died and Prate is trying to get his wife to remember him. The way Tommy Hays wrote this book opens up even the coldest heart. I found tears streaming down my eyes with how Prate described the love for his wife. I have never felt so renewed as when I finished this book. Tommy Hays, the pleasure was mine!
A+ (There aren't enough +'s in the world!)
