The Death of a Father, a Memoir

Even though their father had so often been absent, the idea of him had given the girl's daily life its particular flavour. They were haunted too, by the scene of his death, which they had to imagine because the details were kept from them like something hidden behind a curtain in a horror film. For a while, lulu had to sleep in charlotte's bed at night because she could see daddy's picture when she closed her eyes. It turned out that philip hadn't had much idea about money either. The lionses convened a family conference. Marline protested to her daughters afterward in an uncharacteristic gush of resentment against their grandmother. Ie used to have over