Reading is important. And reading business books all the time gets pretty dull. All that Good to This and One Minute That makes us a little…..well……. a little bored out of our freakin minds
We understand, who has the time to plow through 5 lbs. of the latest novelist? Got it.
However, we love “We the Animals”, a great first novel by Justin Torres.
This little 125 page novel is a gem. Just perfect the next time the Broncos decide to give up 49 points and you can’t bear to witness it.
Here is a synopsis from www.goodreads.com
Three brothers tear their way through childhood— smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn—he’s Puerto Rican, she’s white—and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times.
Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another. From the intense familial unity felt by a child to the profound alienation he endures as he begins to see the world, this beautiful novel reinvents the coming-of-age story in a way that is sly and punch-in-the-stomach powerful.
Written in magical language with unforgettable images, this is a stunning exploration of the viscerally charged landscape of growing up, how deeply we are formed by our earliest bonds, and how we are ultimately propelled at escape velocity toward our futures.
