I Regard This Novel As A Work

We Criticize Mothers For Closeness. We Criticize Fathers For Distance. How Many Of Us Have Expected Less From Our Fathers And Appreciated What They Gave Us More? How Many Of Us Always Let Them Off The Hook?

Pro-choice Supporters Are Often Heard Using The Cool Language Of The Courts And The Vocabulary Of Rights. Americans Who Are Deeply Ambivalent About Abortion Often Miss The Sound Of Caring.

Parents Remain Our Touchstones, Fellow Travelers, Even After Death. They Are Both Missing And Present.

On Television, Journalists Now Routinely Appear On Talk-shows-with-an-attitude Where They Are Encouraged To Say What They Think About Something They May Not Have Finished Thinking About.

Age Is An Accumulation Of Life And Loss. Adulthood Is A Series Of Lines Crossed.