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Where We Going, Daddy?

Jean-Louis Fournier · 2008 CE · Narrative Non-fiction · French · Contemporary

A father writes short, spare and bitterly funny chapters about raising his two severely disabled sons, and about his shame and love. Humour is his shield against what he calls the unsayable. Its brevity and its refusal of sentiment made it a surprise French bestseller.

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Attributes

Genre
Comedy
Theme
MotherhoodSuffering & EnduranceGuilt & ConscienceLoveDeath & Mortality
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
Caregiver
Form
EpisodicConfession
Conflict
vs Fate / Godsvs Self
Mode / tone
ComicElegiac
Culture / tradition
French

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