Please do not read this book as great literary work. Please do not read this book as great work of fiction. Please do not read this book as a gig guide on parenting, nor an inspiring telling of life's challenges... It is a simple narrative of a simple family, with simple middle-class values, simple joys, and simple everyday challenges. It would delight me no end if you can find an association with your own story, somewhere inside these pages. This book might nudge you to thank your parents more often, to spend that extra weekend with them, and go on that holiday more often. I give