However, the story written by female author Kaui Hart Hemmings (I've looked it up) is about the accident that leaves Matthew's wife in an irreversible comma state, how their two daughters (one a teenager, the other a 10-year-old) react to the fact that their mother will die, how Matthew tries to handle the girls after being an absent father his whole life, how their days change forever. Besides, you have to remember Matthew's wife's lover, something that Matthew discovers when his eldest daughter tells him about.
However sad and dramatic this topic is, the story is narrated in such a fun way that you find yourself laughing out loud. Matthew's eldest daughter is an ex-alcoholic and ex-model who tries to comfort his father while going out with a creepy boy who has the most unexpected responses (causing him to end up with a balck eye from Matthew's father-in-law). The 10 year-old is so much influenced by media and the idea of acting like a teenager that the way she talks and acts surprise you every minute. In the meantime, Matthew is trying to right his life, finding answers for his too many questions.
We, readers, imagine Hawaii as an ideal place, full of palm trees and surfers. However, when the other side is told, you start to hate sunny day when you're blue, you want a cloud to appear in the horizon, you want your tears secluded away from turists and sand.
Ana Ovejero
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