This is Only a Test Author:B. J. Hollars On April 27, 2011, just days after learning of their pregnancy, B. J. Hollars, his wife, and their future son endured the onslaught of an EF-4 tornado. There, while huddled in a bathtub in their Alabama home, mortality flashed before their eyes. With the last of his computer battery, Hollars began recounting the experience, and would continue to... more » do so in the following years, writing his way out of one disaster only to find himself caught up in another.
From tornadoes to drownings to nuclear catastrophes, he is forced to acknowledge the inexplicable, while attempting to overcome his greatest fear -- the impossibility of protecting his newborn son from the world’s cruelties. Hollars creates a constellation of grief, tapping into the rarely acknowledged intersection between fatherhood and fear, sacrifice and safety, and the humbling effect of losing control of our lives.« less
ISBN-13: 9780253018175 ISBN-10: 025301817X Publication Date: 2/1/2016 Pages:180 Edition:Break Away Book Club Rating: