{"id":30468,"date":"2024-10-07T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=30468"},"modified":"2026-05-07T21:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:51:37","slug":"matthew-klam-hi-daddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2024\/10\/07\/matthew-klam-hi-daddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Klam: “Hi Daddy”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Hi Daddy”<\/strong><\/span>
by Matthew Klam<\/span>
from the October 14, 2024 issue of The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is, by my count, the third time we’ve gotten a story from Matthew Klam in The New Yorker<\/em>. I’m sad to say that I don’t think I read the other two, but I’m hoping to do a better job keeping on top of new stories this year, so I’m excited to finally get to know his work a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is how “Hi Daddy” begins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My daughter was going on a trip to Europe that she\u2019d been dreaming about for a year and planning for months, with the boyfriend she\u2019d dumped and then got back together with a few weeks earlier. Lucas was already over there with two friends, and as we drove to the airport I had the feeling that her flying alone across the dark, empty ocean was practice for her real departure, to college, a month from now.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That’s a bit too close to home for me. My oldest is a senior in high school, and I’m not looking forward to that “real departure,” whenever it comes. Perhaps this story will help me? We’ll see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to your thoughts below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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