Readers anxious to get on with the story may get bogged down in the long account, drawing on Fields\' sister\'s memoir, of his childhood in South Carolina. The author’s research and dedication to the project are clear, but the book would have benefitted from a stronger editorial hand. Positive Kirkus The text-compassionate, thoughtful, and thorough to a fault-is caught somewhat uncomfortably between a sociological study of the causes and results of racial division and a more straightforward narrative of Bobby\'s conviction, imprisonment, and bumpy reentry into society. The Light We Carry is clearer than ever about just how much her focus, her hyper-preparedness and her knowledge that everything is vulnerable were shaped by her father’s progressive multiple sclerosis. Occasionally she is so intent on finding the good, or going high.that she doesn’t mention how some shame-inducing experiences can be debilitating, life-limiting traumas, which seems a bit obtuse. There is a chapter on parenting, which she largely turns over to her own mother’s lessons, and is worth the price of admission alone. It is a polished performance, tightly structured, direct, conversational, in the folksy but laser-sharp public style both Obamas made their own. They will find more to recognise here, where the mundane is given equal billing with the entirely exceptional in what amounts to a carefully worked out manifesto for surviving, and hopefully thriving, in the world. Positive The Guardian (UK) This book grew out of the great personal response to Becoming.who recognised their own lives in that of their former first lady. A heart-wrenching and impressively self-aware story of a father living through the death of his young child. His raw honesty and ability to inject humor into the narrative are both charming and refreshing. a tender tale of how a family can remain loving and connected during and after tragedy, and Delaney pulls no punches in highlighting his own perceived shortcomings as a father and husband throughout the unimaginable ordeal. Throughout, Delaney includes playful but sincere asides. His ability to weave laughter into something so dark also makes the book accessible for a wide audience, as the author gives readers permission to fully absorb his family’s story, to empathize and understand, without having to remain straight-faced and downcast. Few would attempt to bring humor and levity to such an unbearably sad story, but Delaney manages to do so with grace, sincerity, and warmth.
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The author’s work as a writer and actor in the dramedy series Catastrophe clearly primed him to share these poignant recollections. Delaney is no stranger to balancing grief and humor, and it shows in this heartbreaking yet often darkly funny recounting of how he lost his third son, Henry, to brain cancer. Rave Kirkus A devastatingly candid account of a parent’s grief that will have readers laughing and crying in equal measure.
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