A review by phoenix0
The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad by Mike Birbiglia

4.0

it was comforting to listen to another human share their struggles with their imperfection and their fallibility. so often, people carefully craft their stories to reflect light only on their brilliance and seeming perfection. in this book, Birbiglia shares his vulnerabilities and honest thoughts. thoughts that are no less true for being unacceptable. 'I get why dads leave'. As Birbiglia mentions, he wrote this book as he found that people who heard this story found a measure of comfort in their own struggles with change. I think that this book not only offers solidarity to those who are struggling to adapt to a change, it also offers us hope and assurance that the deepest and darkest stretches of the journey are not forever. we will grow. we will change.