Pain, ache, and hurt.. We are given a journey here. The journey helps us to sit in the seat of someone who has experienced what many of us have not. We are able to go on this journey to see things from his point of view.

I've been reading books about grief for the better part of a year and this was by far the most helpful. This was a very real, very moving, account of living in the aftermath of a suicide.

I was able to read an early copy of this book and highly recommend it. Maisel takes readers on his personal journey through the grief of losing his son. Maisel is highly aware that grief hits everyone differently, including the members of his family. As a writer by trade his way of dealing with the grief is to write about it. His prose is at times heart wrenching but throughout the book very relatable to those who have faced a major loss in their life. Maisel speaks candidly of the way that life continues to move forward for the living while his deceased son will forever remain 21 years old. He explores the hurt that comes with knowing his son will never grow and develop into adulthood.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Ivan gets a call that is every parents worst nightmare. They found his son Max's car, but could not find him. His body was later found in the lake. Max was never like other kids. He was socially awkward and believed to have autism. This book is about dealing with the grief and loss of losing a child.

I received an advance copy of, I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye, by Ivan Maisel. Ivan's son Max dies by suicide. This is his story about his son, and his grief.

This book was so good and so well written that I don't think anything I write would be enough. The opening chapter broke my heart and I was absorbed in the story until the very end. It was interesting to hear how the family dealt with the trauma of losing their loved one and how they all had different ways of dealing with their grief.