The Perfect Son, by Barbara Claypole White (2015)
This is a novel about a young teen-aged boy with Tourette's Syndrome. He is the only child of Felix and Ella Fitxwilliam. Felix is the child of a brutal father who terrorized him as a child. He vows to be different from his father, but has a perfectionist personality disorder. He has left childrearing to his wife.
When Ella suffers a heart attack at age 47, the same age that her mother was when she died of a heart attack, Felix's life, as well as that of his son, Harry, is turned upside down. Suddenly, Felix must cope with dealing with his son. Harry is a straight-A student and Felix wants him to attend Harvard. Harry has other ideas, however, but has difficulty communicating with his distant father.
This book was well written until the ending, when it seemed to fall apart.
4 Stars
Read: November 29, 2015
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