Saturday, July 23, 2016

Personal Effects

When Matt's brother, Theodore Jr. died he lost more than a sibling. With his Mother gone he also lost the only remaining buffer between he and his domineering father. Still coping with his brother's death he struggles with a father who thinks he knows best and has his son's future planned for him like it or not. As the title suggests the book is about what Matt discovers about the brother he thought he knew when his possessions are returned to the family.

[Spoilers follow]

So you thought you knew someone. The brother Matt went hiking with and shared a tent with went by the name TJ. Only his mother got away with calling him anything else. So who is writing to Theo—a girlfriendIs it possible that Matt's an uncle? Who else could Zoe be? It's like his brother had a whole other life he kept hidden from his family. So that's where he went after his brief visits home on leave.

The second half of the book becomes a roadtrip in a borrowed car, the owner miffed at him that he didn't want her along for the ride. To learn what comes next you'll have to read the book. Not even I could be guilty of such a spoiler.

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