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T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “The Shape of a Teardrop”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Courtroom Drama and Eviction

The speaker recounts their experience in court, representing themselves and hiring a friend as their representative. They describe the humiliating experience of airing their family differences in a public courtroom and the decision to sue their own son to evict him from their family home. The chapter concludes with a tense encounter in the hallway after the court ruling.

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