In Take a Look at Me Now, Robert Crane tells a story about facing a challenging period rather than escaping it. The novel centers on how people respond when life stops feeling familiar.
Fifteen-year-old Bubby Welter watches his family life unravel as his mother Carrie struggles with mental illness. Her breakdown creates emotional distance that neither knows how to cross. As Carrie withdraws, Bubby faces adolescence without a sense of stability.
His own missteps—humiliation, fractured friendships, and misplaced trust—add to his growing frustration. Each moment reinforces the feeling that his life is shaped as much by absence as by presence.
In searching for the father he never knew, Bubby attempts to confront the unanswered questions that haunt him. Take a Look at Me Now is a portrait of emotional suspension, unresolved loss, and the fragile connection between a mother and son caught in parallel isolation.
Robert Crane is an American writer who writes literary fiction: short stories, novels, plays and poetry. Boone is his previous novel.
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