This is one of those tremendously good family memoirs that you should read even without knowing anything about the writer - it's that good! Will Boast has suffered more grief than most. Over the space of 7 years his mother, father, and only brother die, all of them in pretty tragic circumstances. This is not a spoiler, you know this before you even start reading, but it's what happens during and after this time that gives the book such resonance. It's a very brave and honest book, full of insight into family behaviour, the keeping of secrets and possibility. A brilliantly moving memoir.