Friday, September 25, 2015

Loving Day

Loving Day / Mat Johnson 287 pgs.

Warren Duffy is newly divorced and back in his home town after his father passed away.  He inherited a run down "mansion" that his father never rehabbed. By far the biggest change in his life is the discovery of a daughter who was conceived during a short affair in his teen years.  Talia is now a teenager and has been raised white despite Warren identifying as black.  Tal's mom is dead and her grandfather is sick so Warren is a new dad and trying to figure out fatherhood, why his marriage failed and how to describe his relationship with his best friend Tosha.  Add to the mix, a bit of poverty, figuring out how to get Tal to graduate from high school (she dropped out) and how to handle the crack heads who hang out on his property.

Parts of this book are hilarious, parts will make you think, and Warren is a wonderful character who is working on a lot of issues.

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