Raising Raffi

''A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene'' - Dwight Garner, New York Times ''Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt'' - Daniel Engber, Atlantic''Tender and gene ...

''A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene'' - Dwight Garner, New York Times ''Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt'' - Daniel Engber, Atlantic''Tender and generous'' - New York magazineKeith Gessen had always assumed that he would have kids, but couldn''t imagine what parenthood would be like, nor what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, Raffi was born, a child as real and complex and demanding of his parents'' energy as he was singularly magical. Fatherhood is another country: a place where the old concerns are swept aw