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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Darker than his stories about his dead sister Tiffany?  That was rough and I don't think he came off that well in it (given that she seemed to have asked him not to write about her anymore).[/quote]

OP. She’s mentioned as well. Yes, I think it’s darker or at least similar. He’s discussing whether the treatment the kids received from their father was abusive.[/quote]

Hmm.  If he comes across as having more empathy towards Tiffany with the distance of time I might start reading him again.  I stopped for a while after the Tiffany New Yorker article.  [url]https://www.metafilter.com/133059/Now-thats-a-big-family[/url][/quote]

It's been a while since I read his other books so it's hard to compare, but he does revisit her life and death and consider whether she was abused at home in addition to at the rehabilitation center she was sent to. I really appreciated that part because we have a very similar dynamic in my family. A mentally ill member claims her father sexually abused her, and no one else had that experience or thinks it likely, and it's hard to believe someone who is clearly not sane, but you don't want to totally dismiss them either. It's very hard to deal with. [/quote]

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