I received this book through Goodreads' First Reads and put it on my windowsill until I had a plane trip that would give me both uninterrupted time and no other book at-hand to substitute if it turned out to be emotionally difficult. I'm glad I waited.

I rated the book 5 stars for the way it built and tackled a subject that really makes most of us flinch. Can divorce cause our kids to go bad? Does quality time substitute for quantity of time? Can we be weekend or summer parents and still do a good job parenting? Is it our fault if something goes wrong? Can we blame our divorced parents for the decisions we make? How can we be good fathers and good mothers - and good sons and good daughters?

There were times the book needed further editing - I felt as if I read the same chapter several times, and the book could be shorter and equally effective. I also felt that some of the characters were not as well developed as they could have been. But father and son were the focus of the book, and they were very well developed.

Highly recommended!