Mother, Come Home

This one is difficult, but I enjoy that. I did not enjoy the beginning, but I did like seeing the difficult story through the eyes of 7yro Thomas. The ending of the book where the father goes along with his son's 'escape plan' is endearing and a great act of parenthood, the escape from his guilt which he then gives to his son is a little too much like A Separate Peace for my taste, but it's complex and something I'm not entirely sure what to do with. I hate the father for giving his son such guilt, yet am capable of attempting to understand his suicide and his parallel with his wife's situation where she sought death but in her sickness could not attain it on her own terms. So he assists her, and has his own 'assistance'.