Very enjoyable read during my travel to our Australian resort. The fictitious story of a 10-yr-old dealing with the traumatic aftermath of his father’s death in the World Trade Center on 9/11 was quite sad and gripping. Strong character development, especially of the child and his emotions and attitudes concerning life/death. Would define this as postmodern fiction. Sometimes leaned on postmodern techniques too much (i.e. one word on a page for drama). The story stood on its own without the need for techniques. The secondary storyline of the grandparents during the Dresden bombing was an interesting tie-in, but got redundant and weird. And the honesty and good-natured way of strangers the child meets along the way was unrealistic, but again the power of the story made this a non-issue for me. Overall one of my best reads this year.