I received Dead End Gene Pool as a gift. I'm not usually a memoir person, but this book entranced me. Partly because I have my own history with old moneyed families and the craziness that surrounds their lives. Nothing in this book surprised me, but it was the way Wendy, a fourth descendent of Co...
I finally got to see a grown man naked, and I fell in love—although not with the same person. The naked man was my stepfather, and seeing his fruit bowl only increased my aversion to him. It was late at night and I’d been up reading Forever Amber. Ravenous from all that wanton behavior, I decided...