Do you mean that it helped you cope with the flipside of joy and fear that comes with having a child?

You hit the nail on the head. Along with self sacrifice and making difficult decisions for the well-being of a child, The Road brings these topics to the forefront.

And thanks for the heads up! I’ve been really into PKD lately, but after hearing this news, I might need to work my way back through McCarthy.

I haven’t heard of LitCharts before, but I might have to give it a try. I tried reading Gravity’s Rainbow and basically gave up. This might’ve saved me.