Review: Beautiful...simply beautiful.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2012
It's a certainty that every one of us must face, our mortality or the mortality of those we love.  In his book, The Winter Barbeque, Matt Cutugno paints, on a canvas with a winter backdrop, the story of the last 24 hours of his father's life.  He is truly an artist, painting vivid scenes with humor, remorse, sarcasm, joy and most of all...love, as the colors on his palette.  This book had me laughing and crying in the space of a few sentences, but most of all it had me thinking, remembering my life with my parents as a child and my life with my children now.Matt's father was of the "Greatest Generation". You know them, they are your parents or Grandparents or Great...well, like I said, you know them.  They are the ones who sacrificed everything for the ideals of freedom.  They are the heroes of their generation and all generations to follow. Sadly, they are also moving into the twilight of their lives, some untouched by time, others not so lucky, stricken with all the maladies known to man--yet most of them don't complain; they simply and stoically move through their daily rituals knowing that at some point in the not too distant future they will take that last breath and we will lose their presence while heaven gains another beautiful point of light.  Read this book, reflect upon it, take it into your heart and remember...This is an exceptional book in every respect.  Pure, concise, brilliantly executed and thought provoking, it is a shining example of the work of a professional author and loving son.  Stunning!