While going through our father’s files after the funeral, Sam finds stunning information about Dad’s ancestry that bounces crazily off of our mother’s. But Dad had altered his legacy. Also, his overt appreciation of my daughters has a healing effect.
Apr 1, 2019
18 min
Dad's presence would be more keenly felt after the revelations that followed his funeral...
Mar 28, 2019
11 min
I regret missing Woodstock, and resolve to tune in, turn on and drop out. Soon, all but one of us have left or been expelled from school. Dad melts down, then rebounds and moves his family to New York, marking the end of our childhood.
Mar 25, 2019
32 min
You really want to smoke pot? It's strong as f**k these days!
Mar 21, 2019
6 min
Just as Papa Harper dies of alcoholism, Dad gets promoted and moves his reluctant family to the east coast. Billy and Diana and I go to college, seeking sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, while the younger three are miserable in their new home.Just as Papa Harper dies of alcoholism, Dad gets promoted and moves his reluctant family to the east coast. Billy and Diana and I go to college, seeking sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, while the younger three are miserable in their new home.
Mar 18, 2019
32 min
You could just hear their golf clubs rattle as their parents realized their daughters were sleeping with hippies.
Mar 14, 2019
5 min
JFK’s assassination in ‘62 marks a sea change. I lose faith, while big sister Diana finds it, and marches for civil rights. My brothers commit a string of petty crimes, and Billy becomes the first to push back against Dad’s anger.
Mar 11, 2019
30 min
I had crossed a threshold, and Mom was on the other side.
Mar 7, 2019
5 min
By 1962, my little brothers emulate their father’s work ethic while they fear his unpredictable rages. But the Cuban Missile Crisis makes us aware of greater dangers in the world outside our home.
Mar 4, 2019
28 min
As was customary in our family, I opted out of confrontation in favor of the harbor-resentment-for-life plan.
Feb 28, 2019
6 min
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