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“A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times

“Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt.” —Daniel Engber, The Atlantic

“An instant classic.” —M. C. Mah, Romper

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY LIT HUB & THE MILLIONS

An unsparing, loving account of fatherhood and the surprising, magical, and maddening first five years of a son’s life

“I was not prepared to be a father—this much I knew.”

Keith Gessen was nearing forty and hadn’t given much thought to the idea of being a father. He assumed he would have kids, but couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be a parent, or what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, the distant idea of fatherhood came careening into view: Raffi was born, a child as real and complex an

Raising Raffi

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    A Hardback by Keith Gessen

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      Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
      Published 7 June 2022
      ISBN-13 9780593300442
      978-0593300442
      ISBN-10 0593300440

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times

      “Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt.” —Daniel Engber, The Atlantic

      “An instant classic.” —M. C. Mah, Romper

      NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY LIT HUB & THE MILLIONS

      An unsparing, loving account of fatherhood and the surprising, magical, and maddening first five years of a son’s life

      “I was not prepared to be a father—this much I knew.”

      Keith Gessen was nearing forty and hadn’t given much thought to the idea of being a father. He assumed he would have kids, but couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be a parent, or what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, the distant idea of fatherhood came careening into view: Raffi was born, a child as real and complex an

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