I am here for whatever Stradal shares with us. I love that his books are so very much identifiably his and the connections between them. I purposely didn't read this until the paperback came out, because I knew I'd want to own it. Seeing the pretty mixed reviews in the meantime perhaps better prepared me for the bits that seem to have knocked others for a loop? Or maybe I'm just, at heart, a soppy Midwestern girl. Probably both.