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The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving

by Jonathan Evison

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After losing virtually everything meaningful in his life, Benjamin trains to be a caregiver, but his first client, a fiercely independent teen with muscular dystrophy, gives him more than he bargained for and soon the two embark on a road trip to visit the boy's ailing father.
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Excellent slice of life. ( )
  Karenbenedetto | Jun 14, 2023 |
At first I didn't like the main character. That's typical and thank goodness I kept reading. Evinson's great at descriptive writing. He deals realistically with grief and loss. The best thing for me is how he shows fathers trying to make up for mistakes. I loved the father-daughter relationships, the father-son relationships, and how he helped each work through challenges. ( )
  JRobinW | Jan 20, 2023 |


Touching and well written. ( )
  mbellucci | Apr 10, 2021 |
I enjoyed this book quite a bit with its dry humor and different father-child relationships that all make the same point that we will most likely fail as parents but need to keep trying, all of this with the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. ( )
  WiebkeK | Jan 21, 2021 |
The narrator's attitude towards women was so unpleasant that I actually couldn't read any more - the final straw was commenting that a woman who was wearing leggings needed a Brazilian!
  AHouseOfBooks | Oct 28, 2020 |
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I was broke when duty called me to minister to those less fortunate than myself, so maybe I'm no Florence Nightingale.
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After losing virtually everything meaningful in his life, Benjamin trains to be a caregiver, but his first client, a fiercely independent teen with muscular dystrophy, gives him more than he bargained for and soon the two embark on a road trip to visit the boy's ailing father.

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