I was given this book to write an honest review.
As a social worker, I saw a functional dysfunctional family
trying to fake functioning until it becomes a reality. The father Levi has been
a workaholic and the family roles are similar to an alcoholic family. There is the type A older
daughter that has it all together in a neat calendar. There is the alcoholic scapegoat and the younger
lost child. Compounding these dynamics is the aging patriarch
and the changing of the roles from independent father to the frail adult child. The daughters secretly blame him for his frailties
while feeling shame that they don’t have enough time or compassion to deal
effectively. Levi is not willing to be left out of the decision making about
his life and wants his secrets to remain as such.
If you like real to life adventures plan to purchase this one. You will
not be disappointed.
The following is a quote from the book insert: “In Levi
Koenig, A Contemporary King Lear, the author seeks to right a wrong. In
Shakespeare’s play of the same name, King Lear’s two older daughters, Goneril
and Regan, are portrayed as wicked, conniving women, while the youngest, Cordelia,
is goodness incarnate. In her novel, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson seeks to rectify
this distorted view of family relations in general, and the part played by
daughters in particular.”
This is available at Amazon.com.