A review by davidwright
Full of Life by John Fante

5.0

Picked this up at the wonderful Robin's bookstore in Philadelphia and read it on the flight home - one of the few Fante's I haven't read, I hadn't realized what this was, and was really delighted by this funny, moving, plainspoken account of a man coping w/ his wife's pregnancy. Caught between his suddenly devout wife and his insufferably stubborn papa, Fante struggles good-naturedly to keep an even keel in a world gone suddenly mad, as his baffled inner child prepares to meets its new twin. Charming, sweet, but not at all saccharine; a great book, and a rich human comedy. A great intro to Fante for a wide range of readers, and a good choice for folks who get a little happy, a little tearful, after three or six glasses of wine.