Delaney is a neighborhood doctor during the depression, struggling to make ends meet in a time when people have no money to pay the doctor. One spring morning he arrives home to find his estranged daughter has left his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep while she runs off to try and find the boy's father. Coping with the arrival of his grandson changes his life.
I've liked every book I've read by Pete Hamill and this was no exception. Delaney was a terribly sympathetic and likable main character and Hamill injects humor and warmth into his story while supplying an underlying tension that kept me reading. This was a book I kept putting down as I got closer to the final pages, because I didn't really want to finish it.
I love the idea of trying not to finish it so it wouldn't go away! Such a delicious goodness for a reader! -S
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