Divorced dads can make good mothers it they have to. And even if they don't want to go that far, many of them want to be best dads. That the baby should impact the father so greatly comes as an amazing surprise. Then to lose the babies is a trauma beyond expression, and dads need the serious help that recognises and understands their difficulties.
本作は、離婚を経て内なる「母性」さえも開花させていく男性たちの魂の変遷を鮮烈に描いています。乳幼児が父親に与える衝撃的な愛おしさと、引き裂かれた際に生じる筆舌に尽くしがたいトラウマ。著者の眼差しは、単なる指南書の枠を超え、現代社会で見落とされがちな「父親の孤独な献身」という聖域に深く切り込んでいます。 絶望の淵に立たされた父がいかに最良の親として再起するか。自らの脆さを認め、絆を再構築しようとする高潔な闘いは、読む者の胸を打ちます。社会的な役割を超え、育児を通じて自己を再定義していくプロセスは、家族の在り方を問い直す、情熱的な再生の人間讃歌といえるでしょう。

Simon Baker (born 30 July 1969, height 5' 9¾" (1,77 m)) is an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is best known for his lead role in the CBS television series The Mentalist as Patrick Jane and as Nicholas Fallin in The Guardian. In his film acting career, he is best known for the lead role of Riley Denbo in Land of the Dead and Christian Thompson in the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, based on the 2003 novel of the same name. Simon Baker was born to a high school English teacher, Elizabeth Labberton, and a groundskeeper/mechanic, Barry Baker, on 30 July 1969, in Launceston, Tasmania. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. His parents divorced while he was still young. His mother later married Tom Denny, a butcher. Simon Baker also has a sister, currently a doctor in Australia, and three younger half brothers. By 1972, the family had moved from Launceston to Ballina, New South Wales, where Baker's parents hoped to secure better paying jobs. In 1986, he graduated from Ballina High School as Simon Baker-Denny, after completing his primary school education at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, also in Ballina.