The Farther You Go

1. The Farther You Go By Russo

2. Some of the pages are missing from this story but what I understand from it is a couple’s daughter was beaten by her husband and is leaving him. The mother, father, and daughter are all dealing with the ordeal differently: the mother thinks he wouldn’t hit her and shouldn’t leave, the father is more upset that he hit her but doesn’t want to interfere with the marriage, and the daughter just wants to leave.

3. The author’s voice is extremely present in this story. It’s just out there, jumping off the page like Huck Finn’s but the way the characters speak to each other and how they describe things gives a matter-of-factly yet tough guy voice and at some parts the main character reminds me of a protective, yet tough Clint Eastwood, like something out of “Gran Torino”.

4. The story started out hot which is why I chose to read it. It starts with his penis hurting and i believe he has cancer around his pubic area (pages were missing) then it lead to his daughter leaving her husband then TWIST comes around to his affair with a woman some fifteen years ago. And it all tied together, no loose ends. It was a great story to read.

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