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One Last Thing Before I Go
by Jonathan Tropper
Achingly sad, but also heartwarmingly uplifting. That's a Jonathan Tropper book for you. And I loved it.
Drew Silver is a drummer formerly in a band with one hit to their name before the singer left and made it big on his own. He seems to go aimlessly about his life, which ultimately causes him to lose his wife and daughter. But he's still a nice guy who's redeemable, making you root for him because deep down, he's just a lost soul.
It's when Silver discovers he has an aortic tear that requires surgery that he begins to see himself as others do, and think introspectively on whether everyone would just be better off without him. This is where things get interesting.
His 18-year old daughter, Casey, comes back into his life with a big problem of her own, needing her dad to help work things out. Being needed seems to awaken him from his seven-year post-divorce stupor. He thinks back on the good things in his life and his many regrets. Mostly for losing the love of his life who now, interestingly, is engaged to his surgeon.
Luckily, his parents are still a big part of his life, loving him for what and who he is, and never making him feel like the failure he knows he is. And he lives in a complex surrounded by other divorced men who have a surprisingly strong sense of camaraderie.
I have to admit, I shed many tears when reading this book. Tropper just has a way of getting to you with his words. He's still one of my favorite authors, and I can't wait for his next book!
Drew Silver is a drummer formerly in a band with one hit to their name before the singer left and made it big on his own. He seems to go aimlessly about his life, which ultimately causes him to lose his wife and daughter. But he's still a nice guy who's redeemable, making you root for him because deep down, he's just a lost soul.
It's when Silver discovers he has an aortic tear that requires surgery that he begins to see himself as others do, and think introspectively on whether everyone would just be better off without him. This is where things get interesting.
His 18-year old daughter, Casey, comes back into his life with a big problem of her own, needing her dad to help work things out. Being needed seems to awaken him from his seven-year post-divorce stupor. He thinks back on the good things in his life and his many regrets. Mostly for losing the love of his life who now, interestingly, is engaged to his surgeon.
Luckily, his parents are still a big part of his life, loving him for what and who he is, and never making him feel like the failure he knows he is. And he lives in a complex surrounded by other divorced men who have a surprisingly strong sense of camaraderie.
I have to admit, I shed many tears when reading this book. Tropper just has a way of getting to you with his words. He's still one of my favorite authors, and I can't wait for his next book!