Funny, it used to be so simple to sum his mother up, but now that he looked back he seemed to be ambushed by complexities. He saw again the frightened look in her eyes when she was going through her last illness, and her tiny, curled hands. It struck him that life in general was heartbreaking - a word he didn't toss off lightly.
My recommendation for our eighth book of the year is Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler and deals with a man's attempts to come to terms with his own life. Here is the worksheet.
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