A LION IN THE SNOW

When his wife was pregnant, James M. Chesbro started having daydreams of seeing a lion in his street, padding toward his house through the snowflakes of a New England storm. He felt more like a son, still grieving over the early loss of his own father, rather than a prepared expectant-dad. In these essays, Chesbro finds himself disoriented and bewildered by fatherhood again and again as he explores the maddening moments that provide occasions for new understandings about our children and us.A Lion in the Snow is a contemporary father&rsquo,s field guide, a husband&rsquo,s compendium, and a wife&rsquo,s glimpse into the turning mind of a spouse in the grounded prose of domestic conflict. ,",James Chesbro writes with equal measure of heart and smarts, patiently braiding together threads of family, loss, memory, and fatherhood until we, the reader, become unraveled. His richly textured, sensory-driven prose reveals the hidden meaning and emotional stakes that shimmer beneath everyday activities as simple as mowing the lawn.&rdquo,&mdash,Steven Church, author of six books of nonfiction, most recently the collection of essays, ,I',m Just Getting to the Disturbing Part