For my next independent reading book, I've chosen the critically acclaimed memoir, 'The Seven Good Years' by the hilarious Etgar Keret. This book was recommended to me by my older sister as she has enjoyed the authors' podcast series. Keret is one of the best known writers in Israel primarily for his brilliant and colorful storytelling, filmwriting and novels. In this text, Keret writes about what he refers to as "the good years", or the years between the birth of his son and the death of his father. His son was born in the middle on a deadly war and a series of terrorists attacks in Tel Aviv. Around the same time his father becomes very ill. In the midst of all of the death and destruction, Keret is still able to tale an inspiring and witty story of a father raising his son, fighting to keep "the good years" alive living in a country driven by disastrous war.
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