http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781596911925-3: As a child, Schaffer's father left him and his siblings in the care of his emotionally unstable mother. Over 20 years later, his father is diagnosed with cancer, and asks Schaffer to travel to NY to take a baking class with him. Schaffer agrees, and the result is this often humorous memoir which outlines his attempt to deal with hating the dying father he can't help but love. Schaffer must decide if he can forgive his father, even when his father never actually asks for his forgiveness. This book definitely hit home for me, but what made it even more interesting is that Schaffer is a criminal defense attorney who lives just a couple blocks from me and is a friend of a former classmate/co-worker of mine. I thought his book truly captured the frustration of being abandoned by a parent, and coming to terms with the fact that you can still have a need to love someone who you have tried for so many years to stop caring about. Ultimately, Schaffer realizes that he has to make his choices for himself - that he will have to live with himself once his father has passed on - and I found his way of coping very comforting and real. Schaffer has also published two crime thrillers which I look forward to reading.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Life, Death & Bialys - Dylan Schaffer
http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781596911925-3: As a child, Schaffer's father left him and his siblings in the care of his emotionally unstable mother. Over 20 years later, his father is diagnosed with cancer, and asks Schaffer to travel to NY to take a baking class with him. Schaffer agrees, and the result is this often humorous memoir which outlines his attempt to deal with hating the dying father he can't help but love. Schaffer must decide if he can forgive his father, even when his father never actually asks for his forgiveness. This book definitely hit home for me, but what made it even more interesting is that Schaffer is a criminal defense attorney who lives just a couple blocks from me and is a friend of a former classmate/co-worker of mine. I thought his book truly captured the frustration of being abandoned by a parent, and coming to terms with the fact that you can still have a need to love someone who you have tried for so many years to stop caring about. Ultimately, Schaffer realizes that he has to make his choices for himself - that he will have to live with himself once his father has passed on - and I found his way of coping very comforting and real. Schaffer has also published two crime thrillers which I look forward to reading.
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