�This is a coming-of-age story like no other. It awakened in me every urge, thought, surprise and experience a 12 year old boy would naturally have. It was meaningful to me because my father was also a lawyer and we often heard mutterings coming from hushed conferences in his little home office. I found myself alternately laughing out loud then tearing up as I made my way through this splendid adventure. I have to mention one sequence where Eugene first realizes that his father was at last treating him as an adult. It was like the clouds parting and the sun bursting through to shine on this newly arrived man/boy! Written so persuasively and compassionately throughout.� �Judge Paul Moon retired