review 1: What a terrific example of the Semisonic principle: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Will Boast endured almost unimaginable personal loss in his early adulthood. He became the epilogue to his family history, an appendix in the medical and literary senses. Or so he thought. The journey of Will's highs and lows as he reminisces about his parents and brother and meets the family he didn't know he had is not to be missed. Epilogue is deeply personal without being egocentric and deeply poignant without being sappy. review 2: As much as Will Boast tries to give equal time to all of his family members--his Dad, his brother Rory, his Mom and his half-brothers, the star of this book is his dad, Andrew. It seems like all the boys: Will, Ar... morethur, and Harry are still looking for the truth about who their father was. I enjoyed reading this book, but in the advanced reading copy there were some rough parts that could use more editing (i.e. strikeouts and lists in the Overdue chapter)--it just didn't work for me. But aside from those weak parts, there was a lot of good that could be found in this book. less
