Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?

Basically, the story is about a journalist who finds his father’s journal from World War II and discovers that everything he thought about his parents was wrong—but in a good way. Reading the book made me realize how little I know my own father and inspired me to consciously try to get to know him better.

I was a little leery of this because Turow strayed from his usual theme of Kindle County lawyers. Well, the lead character is a Kindle County lawyer, but he’s a JAG officer in Europe in World War II, so the usual formula is very different.

But I really enjoyed this book, much more than I thought I would.