But it is the beautiful writing that really carries this book.

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Lest you scoff at my predilection for elementary-level reading (the book is rated for ages four to eight), I beg you to look past the pastel illustrations and sing-songy cadence of the writing and see this book for what it is: a beautiful script about parenthood, a poignant parable about life and death, a testimony to when the roles of child and parent become blurry.

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Here's a young man in his 30s, writing during his summer vacations in the Austrian mountains in the 1890s, with beautiful lakes and forests all around him.

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