When David Hays was sixty-six and joined a synagogue for the first time in over fifty years, he decided to study Hebrew and become a bar mitzvah. And so this father of two grown children and coauthor of the bestselling "My Old Man and the Sea" borrowed his grandson"s Hebrew primer and joined a class of twelve-year-olds. Thus was launched a wondrous journey of faith and community. In "Today I Am a Boy," Hays"s new world begins to intersect with his own history as he grapples with his mother"s death and watches his grandchildren awaken to life"s wonders. At a time when most of us begin to slow down, the ardent boy in this eminent man has been reawakened. "Today I Am a Boy" is a brave, clear-eyed, and joyous examination of life.