It's been a while but I wanted to update you all on what's been going on with the book, beginning with book reviews:

Kirkus calls Please Open in the Event of My Death "expressively tender." The Midwest Book Reviews writes: "Deftly written with a great deal of wit and wisdom, making it a 'must read' choice for all fathers of small (and even not-so-small) children, Please Open in the Event of My Death: A Father's Advice to His Daughters in Case Something Horrible Happens (Which Hopefully It Won't But Just in Case...) is a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to all community library Parenting and Mid-Life Management collections."

The real compliment though was recently when the 70-something devout Jehovah's Witness from my office told me how much she loved it and cried several times. And when she said, "I had just one nitpick with it--" I immediately thought about all the times I used expletives. Eh, I still kind of stand by them ...