A review by majordang
I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son by Kent Russell

4.0

Went back and forth on my thoughts on this book. The research reporting is spot on, interesting cross sections of American masculinity (Amish baseball leagues, Gathering of the Juggelos, self injectors of snack venom). Interspersed with personal essays about his relati ship win his father. Ultimately felt very connected to the family narrative, representing a middling to lower brow family (Florida!) I haven't seen in print before. Writing has high levels of personality and is entertaining and informative.