Friday, October 2, 2020

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson*

 Zachariah Junior has always been his dad's "little man".  His pro-football father is his hero.  Then his dad begins to have untreatable headaches, begins to forget, begins to have bursts of anger, begins to have moods.  Doctors do not have answers.  Will his dad ever remember again and create songs with him?

Ms. Woodson reveals the agony families endure when a loved one suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).  Her character development is superb.  I love and admire Zachariah and his mother.  His friends exemplify how friends should be during a traumatic time.  

*Highly recommend.

-Borrowed from the library.




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