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Reviewed by Emma Megan for Readers' Favorite
Viva Lofton: Memoir of a Beginner Dad by Lonnie Lazar is an enjoyable memoir inspired by a special muse, the author's child, who gave him the chance to become a better father than his own father. This memoir is structured in 5 parts that contain a collection of writings taken from the author's journal and his blog. The collection reveals the author's feelings, beliefs, observations, wishes, questions, and impressions on the people he met, places he went, and political and economic events that took place before and after his child was born, written in real-time as they were unfolding. Viva Lofton also contains beautiful songs, pictures, and details about Lonnie Lazar's troubled youth, about his parents, and the condition of his marriage.
Viva Lofton: Memoir of a Beginner Dad by Lonnie Lazar is a profound father-and-son odyssey infused with honesty and love that shows what it means to be a fine father, citizen, and human, among others. Lonnie Lazar writes with an incredible amount of vulnerability about the most critical moments of his life journey without pointing them out too much. He remains focused on writing for and about his son and the best moments that led him to amazing places and to meet some big celebrities. Lonnie Lazar's exquisite memoir is a must-read as it inspires readers to find purpose and stick to it, break the cycle of toxic parenting, and remain truthful to their beliefs and who they truly are inside. All new dads and those forever young at heart will recognize themselves in this impeccably written, evocative, loving memoir.
