It helped me deal with my grief and even though Davey was a fictional character it reminded me that I’m not alone in this loss. After the funeral scene this book was a great comfort to me. I remember thinking many of the same things that Davey does and wondering how we were all going to get along without him. Personal Notes: I read this a few months after the untimely death of my own father and found it to be quite accurate and touching. They are never the same but they learn how to cope and to be there for each other when it really matters. In the end Davey and the rest of her family conquer the grief and they are able to go back to Atlantic City and get a part of their lives back. Davey volunteers in a hospital and ends up caring for Wolf’s father and becomes one of his good friends. Wolf is a young man who is also dealing with the loss of a father, but his is still alive he is dying slowing in a hospital. Davey goes for long rides on her bike to get away from the family and deal with her grief, it is on one of these rides that she meets Wolf. She and her mother and younger brother struggle to deal with the loss and then they move to New Mexico to live with family while they piece their lives back together. Davey was there when he died and could not save his life. Her father was murdered in a holdup in the family’s 7-Eleven store. When she gets there she manages not to cry and for days and months after she talks about it as little as possible.
The book begins with Davey getting ready for the funeral and not being able to find shoes. Retrieved October 26, 2019.Summary: This is a touching and emotional story about Davey Wexler and her path to cope with the untimely death of her father.
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