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“Today, I watched footage of a man kissing his son’s foot as he buried the body, so torn apart by the missiles that the foot was one of the only pieces the father could find in the rubble. Tell me this man doesn’t know love. Hasn’t been made to know it in a way no human being should.”

I picked this book up for something to read before bed. It’ll be relaxing, I thought. One short story or essay before sleep each night.

The first author made me so sad, I had a nightmare where my spouse died and couldn’t sleep well after that. I can’t say more without spoilers. I definitely recommend the first story if you want to feel things, but they won’t be pretty things.