📖 Before the Ever After

For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that--but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those f f happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past? A beautiful story about sports as well as success as being part of a true family and a former athlete. Counting by 7s

从ZJ记事起,他的父亲就是每个人的英雄。他是一名迷人且才华横溢的前职业足球明 星,他受到邻里孩子们的喜爱,正如他的粉丝对他的爱一样。但是最近ZJ家里的似乎 出了一点问题。他的父亲记不住事情了,似乎也一直在生气。ZJ 的妈妈解释说,这是 因为父亲在职业生涯中遭受到了很多头部伤害,导致其记忆力下降。ZJ 可以理解这一 点——但是当父亲忘记了他的名字时,这便深深刺痛了他的心。当ZJ开始面对这些现 实时,他认为最重要的是和父亲一起紧紧抓住家庭传统和对辉煌岁月的回忆。同时他 也想知道父亲不再记得他们的过去将会意味着什么。当然最重要的是,当他们都忙着 为过去感到痛苦时,那些快乐的感觉是否可以重新找回来? 我的推荐:这是一个关于体育的美丽故事,讲述了一个运动员家庭所需面临的一些问 题。