In “Happiness Forever,” A Veterinarian Has People Problems - Electric Literature

In “Happiness Forever,” A Veterinarian Has People Problems - Electric Literature

A couple of years ago, after reading Brian by Jeremy Cooper—a book about a lonely reclusive film buff—I adopted a new adjective for describing a particular treatment of a protagonist by an author: tender. “This book is so tender!” I’d say to people and would register an immediate look of recognition from those who’d read it too: “That’s it—Brian is tender!”  “Tender” means there is a perceptible care, a generosity, in presenting a character who,…