An unabashed look at the art and necessity of grieving 1

If you have-nots Learned to grieve, you've grown up too fast. Such is, in my opinion, the moral of Salinger's Most Famous story. Of course, if you read this book, Wherever you are in your life, you might miss this item. In --other words, it might be too late for you. It might be hard for you to laugh at jokes Reviews some of Holden's. You might find His childish sarcasm, if not Altogether empty. When Does he stop to think about His MOST painful memories, When He takes time to miss the people He Has loved and loves still inside somewhere, you might find yourself shocked - too distracted to feel. Perhaps Holden's 'childish' humor turns out to be your crutch as well. Leaving Those places of pain and desperation might feel like has raised to you, And Then You're glad to see _him_ write 'goddam' and 'hell' all over the place, and maybe you're not so bothered by The Eventual 'f .. you. ' These are more familiar signs of the life you know - what's come to be acceptable as an adult in our don't-look-too-much-over-your-shoulder adult world. Chin up, eyes on the ball, move it move it! Purpose if you're still growing up too slow, if the thought Of Those you grieve (or refuses to) leaves you too paralyzed to laugh at times, not too bitter to Hear Some angry words as affronts to the humanity of how you'd Rather feel and live, too hollow to manage more than a squint at the sun burning forever, Then this book might be the place you need. A place of grievance, yes, of childish humor, yes, goal aussi, if you'll let it: a place of love and life and living to love alive.