"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. A man who never reads lives only once." Jojen - A Dance With Dragons
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Finished: Tell The Wolves I'm Home (Brunt) "What does that even mean? 'Tell The Wolves I'm Home'?" Greta asked. No one said anything, because none of us had any idea. It was just one more mystery Finn had left with us. One more thing I couldn't call and ask. I can't explain how profoundly true that last line is. That's how I've felt every day for the past 20 years and 3 months, since my brother died far too early from a far too insidious disease on August 5, 1996. There's no picking up the phone to ask a quick question, or talk about a movie, or a book, or travel plans, or to get an answer to something I want to know from him. One more thing I couldn't call and ask. So, Tell The Wolves I'm Home is the story of a quirky teenage girl who is extremely close to her even quirkier uncle, her mother's brother, who dies of AIDS. I can't give too much more of a recap than that. I knew this book would cut close to my heart, but I really felt I should read it anyway. Tell The Wolves I'm Home is what Uncle Finn calls the last painting he ever paints, of his two nieces sitting together. Maybe I'll add more later. It's a good book, by the way.
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