after laying bare its tenants' past in The Family
each of us can achieve life to the fullest -- until it overflows
As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night
It appears to have been written in the late 1940s and is therefore Vonnegut’s first ever novella
and hiding a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs
Love and Shame and Love sisters first after laying bare its tenants'Alexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss of the family, retreats into books; paternal