Book Review: Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast by Matteo Bussola

In this digital age of selfies and Instagram, it is so easy to succumb to the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” But, we forget that photos are supplements or attachments to a memory. It is because what we feel during that moment is as important as the photograph.

Raising three girls, Italian designer and cartoonist Matteo Bussola captured precious moments with photos and words. Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast is partly a journal and partly a memoir of that stage in their lives – Matteo and his wife Paola as parents and the childhood of their three young daughters, Virginia, Ginevra and Melania (ages eight, four and two).

Beautiful and heartwarming, Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast inspires parents, grandparents and even godparents to keep a journal of these times which will only pass once in our lives. We might not write diaries in long hand anymore, but we can still record these precious moments in tune with the digital age.

Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast: Reflections on Fatherhood is great read for all ages!

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Description

This #1 Italian bestseller, offering a father’s observations of the everyday moments that might otherwise go unnoticed, has struck a chord with readers around the globe.

Matteo Bussola is a designer and cartoonist who lives in Verona, Italy with his wife Paola; their three young daughters, Virginia, Ginevra, and Melania (ages eight, four, and two); and their two dogs. For two years, he’s been writing posts on Facebook capturing the beauty of ordinary moments with his family. Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast is the memoir that grew out of these writings. Divided into winter, spring, summer, and fall, the book follows the different seasons of parenthood and life. At times moving, and at others humorous, these writings remind people to savor the present and appreciate the simple things in life.

As Matteo says, “Virginia, Ginevra, and Melania are the lens through which I observe the world. . . . My daughters remind me that being a father means living in that gray area between responsibility and carelessness, strength and softness.” Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast is an eloquent memoir by a gifted storyteller.