Jay, an author, has decided to leave his wife and his two sons in the morning. This is the story of the night before.
Why is he leaving? He has been having an affair with another woman but she has left him. One of his friends is happily married and condemns Jay's plans. One of his friends is unhappily separated from his wife and this has caused one of his sons serious psychological damage. Jay loves his little sons. They love him and trust him absolutely. He knows that what he is planning will hurt them.
I was shouting at the book: don't be a fool. Don't leave.
The long night moved remorselessly on to the dreaded conclusion.
Sometimes I found this book so hard to read. It is so honest, so intimate, so searingly sad that I wanted to hide it where I could never find it again. It was a trauma to read it.
Stunning writing.
October 2014; 155 pages
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