The First Year

Why do we have children? Francesc Serés shares an experience that transforms us: the first year as parents. 

The arrival of a child opens a door to the future, but it also inevitably casts a gaze back toward the past and raises a host of questions about the present. In The First Year, Francesc Serés recounts a personal transformation that unfolds alongside experiences reflecting the great debates of our time, yet above all revolves around a central question: why do we have children? 

Personal decisions and intimate doubts coexist with reflections on fatherhood, identity, friendship, and family, as well as on the drift of Europe and the wider world. From his son’s birth to his first birthday, and across a variety of settings, author and reader alike attempt to understand how life finds its way forward—and how hope has become the most precious good of our time.