“‘Surprise!’ someone shouts, and then the laughter abruptly dies in our throats.

My father is standing naked on the diving board, his disbelieving eyes slowly taking in the presence of everyone he knows.  His eyes stop on my mother’s face for a short horrible moment,  and then he looks away in shame.

Lena in kneeling in front of him, fully clothes, her golden head bobbing up and down to some inner rhythm.  She is making the diving board squeak.”

This book is good.  I am not usually a huge fan of books written by a man from the man’s perspective, but I really liked this one.  I thought it was funny.  I thought the quoted bit of is fucking hilarious. 

It’s about love and loss.  And sex,  not pornographic.  Tai-chi.  The past.  Family. 

I was impressed!