Everybody deals with grief in different ways but this is inspiring. Big Billy loses his son to suicide very unexpectedly. Throughout this book you learn little stories about his son Michael. Fond memories everyone has. But you also learn how the different members of the family deal with the loss. Billy weighs in at 400 pounds. His doctor tells him that he is morbidly obese and something triggers in Billy to make a change. As the weeks go on they learn of more suicides of young people, and Billy decides he wants to put a stop to this. He starts a sponsored diet. He wants to lose half of his weight (200 pounds) for the awareness of suicide. He does marches, newspaper interviews, radio interviews, and even starts to plan a documentary.
Although his intentions are good he only has the support of his daughter Anna. His wife, the boys and his parents think him to be selfish by putting the families name out in public.
All while this is going on you still see the small things that they all do to hold on to the memory of Michael.
I found myself in tears by the end of this. Extremely moving. I most definitely recommend!
Although his intentions are good he only has the support of his daughter Anna. His wife, the boys and his parents think him to be selfish by putting the families name out in public.
All while this is going on you still see the small things that they all do to hold on to the memory of Michael.
I found myself in tears by the end of this. Extremely moving. I most definitely recommend!