My old friend Stefan Lanfer has a new review and reflection on Penelope Ayers. On his blog, dadtoday, he discusses parents and children, dying and new life in a new post called Storytime.

An excerpt:

Reading it, I was struck that this particular phase of life is not so unlike that of becoming a parent in some important ways -

There is no real preparing for it,

No knowing quite what it will be like

or feel like

or whether you'll really be able to figure it out

or be any good at it

until you're in it.