There is more "Tanzer Tuesdays" at the We Are Vespertine and we are once again a day late, but most appreciative. Last week there was You Can Make Him Like You review and this week there is new New York story, "The Good Parents." Please feel free to imbibe, big thanks to the Vespertine crew and some excerpt.
"The baby was born on a cold, upstate winter’s night, kicking and screaming. It was a boy and they named him Joe. Other names were more popular, and more interesting, but how many Cameron’s did the world need? And what kind of message would they send giving him a name like Holden? We like to read? We like to be different? We hope our son is one day punched in the stomach by a hateful concierge cum pimp after running off to New York City? No, Joe was good, sturdy, and safe, and they liked that."
"Bottom line: I don’t think I will ever read anything that captures the mind of the late-thirties American male the way this book did, this delicate tightrope of fearing what the future holds and hoping that the best days aren’t already gone. Tanzer weaves this all together in a very non-heavy-handed kind of way, disguised in the bullshit conversations you have with friends, the train of thought when temptation lurks, and the ticking time-bomb that is childbirth. We all have to grow up sometime, and whether it’s Tanzer simply recalling his experiences or something wholly conjured—I’m not sure I care. It works. I feel a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit more prepared for the future…whatever it may hold for me."
There is more "Tanzer Tuesdays" at the We Are Vespertine and we are once again a day late, but most appreciative. Last week there was You Can Make Him Like You review and this week there is new New York story, "The Good Parents." Please feel free to imbibe, big thanks to the Vespertine crew and some excerpt.
