PositiveFull Stop...whether we are untrustworthy, distrustful or trusting, Nadler reminds us that there is always a connection, no matter how thin or how fraught, that threads people’s lives together ... Nadler also places emphasis on each man’s connection to Judaism, which appears as an anchor in the midst of the chaos of their lives ... And yet despite these themes of faith and trust, none of the stories offer their characters a conclusion or provides a moral. Each story ends as if with ellipses ... Nadler shows that a book of life is not grandiose; it can be simply an amalgam of life’s banalities.
