When Simon Carr's Wife, Susie, Tragically Loses Her Battle With Cancer, Simon is Left to Raise His Five-Year-Old Son, Alexander, on His Own. Soon After, His Eleven-Year-Old Son From a Previous Marriage, Hugo, Comes to Live With Them Too. All Too Quickly, Plumped-Up Cushions, Crisp Beds and a Drifting Scent of Rosemary From the Kitchen Are Replaced With a Floor Piled High With Video-Games, Lego[Registered] and Comics. While Visiting Mothers Deem His Parenting 'Semi-Feral', Simon Dryly Retorts That His Methods Are Simply 'Free-Range'. in This New All-Male Partnership, Simon Faces the Challenges of Parenthood Unaided, As Father and Sons Alike Learn to Become a Family Again. Carr's Emotionally Honest, Compellingly Anarchic and Sharply Comic Story of a Single Parent's Struggle is at Once Heartbreaking and Wonderfully Life-Affirming.