This book was stellar! Bear is funny, intellectual and feeling. Ze made me think about gender, religion, love, family, judaism, and sexuality. This book made me grow, a trait of any truly excellent book. Some people won't like it, because it will make some people uncomfortable. But I think that being uncomfortable is a good thing, because we are forced to stretch and bend. Exploring what we believe and we think we know about ourselves, our families and our friends can only be good for the world.