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Papa You're Crazy

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This is a marvelous and simple book. William Saroyan paints a delightful picture of what he imagines life for his son is like when they spend summers together. Whether or not Aram Saroyan actually perceived anything like his father's description is irrelevant. I first read this story a a boy of 13 or 14 years of age and always remembered it vividly. The book is a wonderful instruction manual for how a father should teach his children about the beauty and celebration of life. When I became a father 25 years after first reading the book I searched my family's house for the story. It remained as vital as I remembered. The book taught me at an early age that a good parent must permit children to see you as you truly are. And thus, one must strive to be a good and generous person.

This was such a touching book, it was the first novel I read that was not written for children, I was eleven and it opened up a whole new appreciation for reading. My 7th grade English teacher didn't approve and told my mother I needed to read books written for teenagers. It was 1959. But I loved it and have saved it for forty-seven years because it meant so much to me. Up to that point most everything I had read was a druge.

my father told me to read it, after he had read several passages to me. It will always be a part of my father/daughter memories.