Review: A small book given its scope but extensive due to the strength of message it carries
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
‘Grandfather's Uncle’ written by Philip Jude McQuillan is a very touching tribute to the author's father, and it seems that a reader can almost imagine this person given the width and depth of which he was beautifully described by the author.His father was one of those unique fathers that one could only desire, full of charm and sense of humor, and as McQuillan so nicely describes him on the pages of his book storing him into eternity, a reader can only envy him if he/she did not have the luck to have such a father.Philip Jude McQuillan lived in different places, experienced a lot of interesting things and wisdom speaks through the pages of his work. And although his work is short, he manages to tell a lot more than some on the few times longer books - his writing is concise, without redundant overwritten phrases and therefore his book can be enjoyed entirely.He beautifully said: “These pages are about my father, not about my grandfather’s uncle. I know absolutely nothing about my grandfather’s uncle. I can say with almost total certainty that no one alive today knows anything about him either. Is that such a terrible thing? Maybe, maybe not. I do know that it would be a great personal tragedy of my father’s memory was to pass into nothingness of total anonymity just like my grandfather’s uncle(s). If I can help it, I am not going to let that happen to my father”I hope that these words will inspire you as they inspired me not to let history of my closest ones to remain unrecorded, to disappear. And for this reason I can certainly recommend this little book given its scope but extensive due to the strength of message it carries.