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This book takes place in post 9/11 New York, and is told through the eyes of a psychiatrist. A divorced man who too often has a hard time separating his emotions from those of his patients, he tries to fix the lives of the women around him while trying to figure out his own. There's his sister, who is the widow of a famous author; the woman in his building who he is attracted to but still has a strange relationship with her child's father; and his mother, who he feels the need to protect from his father's past, most of which is still a mystery. In order to define himself, he decides to learn about his father's past, which takes him through war and the Depression. It's a good character study at the things that make us weak, the things that make us strong, and ultimately, what makes us who we are.
