There is one use of the f-word, but he’s quoting someone else, and my son hasn’t gotten to that chapter yet. He brought me one “hell” and a “damn”, but he hears worse than that on PG movies, so I wasn’t worried about it. I did tell him that if he read anything he didn’t understand or that made him feel uncomfortable to stop reading. I didn’t think a book compiled from medical journal articles would be too far out there for him to read. I hadn’t started either book yet, and wasn’t sure just exactly how much romance was in the murder mystery. One was a murder mystery with a side of romance and the other was The Uncommon Thread. He had forgotten to bring a book on the camping trip, and I had two. I gave it to him when we were stuck in our tent one evening, trying to escape the bees. I read this book in one sitting (mostly because I procrastinated, but also because it’s just that good), and in just a few hours, I smiled, laughed out loud, and cried. We have the pure silliness in “The Ghost and the Book Wright Expansions”, and in “Canine Behavior”, we learn how brilliant eight-year-olds are. I’m quite sure none of his kids will forget that hunting trip. He tells a funny and sweet story about hunting with his kids. Others are serious, like his opinions on healthcare and the economy. Anderson had to tell a patient on Christmas Day that she had cancer, and the lesson he learned on that day. The Uncommon Thread is full of stories about everything from hunting, to Italy, to the family’s rescued pets.
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