This is more than advice column bits combined in book form. This is humanity in book form.

It's heartfelt. It's raw. It's deep. It's real.
Real human emotion, flaws, feelings, warts, confessions, struggles, truths, and dilemmas.
And to top it all; very good advice!

I cried, I sympathised, I feared for, I ached for, I empathised, I thought, I understood, I agreed, I disagreed, I related, I struggled, I condoned, I.. felt that.

The letters were beautifully written, the advice always said the thing worth saying.

My favorite (and least favorite because I suffered a headache afterwards) moment was when I sobbed in my toilet seat grieving with the father who lost his soon a little too soon.
That is human connection at its purest form. Experiencing a stranger's sorrow through the written word.

My favorite quotation:
"I never believed the boys were angry. I believed they were hurt and anger was the safest manifestation of their sorrow. It was the channel down which their impotent male rivers could rage."