The Night Job beautifully – and quietly – shows an alternative to the traditional family dynamic. When they eventually return home, the sun comes up and Dad snuggles into a big arm chair - and then the boy snuggles up to Dad until sleep overtakes them both. And in the library, the boy lays down on the couch and reads aloud to his father until he falls sound asleep. In the theater, they listen to the big game. In The Night Job, a young boy packs his dad’s lunch, and as the sun sets in the sky, the two jump on dad’s bike and head to the middle school where he cleans the facilities during the night. Or it could be because of the tender relationship between father and son – one that reminded me of Jabari Jumps, another fabulous book showcasing such gentleness between a dad and his little boy. Brian Karas, for the awesome glimpse of a non-traditional work and family structure it offers to young readers. A parent sleeping during the day? It was so wild- and so cool! Perhaps this is why I fell in love with The Night Job, written by Karen Hesse and illustrated by G. It was so startling to me, because I had never known anyone whose home life was so different from mine.
She was a nurse, and I was shocked that she worked in a hospital while everyone else was sleeping, and she slept during the days while her kids were in school.
I remember when I first learned that a friend of mine had a mom that worked through the night.
0 kommentar(er)
