Latest Book Review

Well, if that's not the most unbelievable heart-and-gut wrenching true story ever written, then I don't know what is. It's a pretty quick read, but only because it's so good you can't put it down. It's certainly not because it's easy. The prose is easy. The content....um....nope.

What's incredible is that for as brutal as the book is, it's also beautiful. Makes me want to write a letter or find the guy and hug him and thank him and buy the guy a damn cup of coffee or some rice and gari and palm oil.

People are amazing. Amazing. A few weeks ago I offered a discombobulated post after the V-Tech nightmare. One of my reactions was how mad I got that some people's reaction was along the lines of: This guy was evil, and he should have been locked up.

Well, my reaction then was, this guy was sick and needed help. The book I link above is proof that evil may very well exist, but that doesn't mean people can't be helped. Maybe the difference is that the author is not mentally ill. The capacity for human violence is unlimited for all of us, but so is the capacity for healing and recovery.

As much as I resist, maybe I do believe in evil. But I also believe in people's capacity to recover from the evil that comes into their lives. It's not a static, intractable state of being. This isn't profound, but after this book, I can't be more convinced of it.

Go. Read. This. Book.

Then go hug everyone you know and go to a book signing and hug this guy.