A Legend In His Own Minefield

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The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

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John Mendelssohn
Mar 17, 2010
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I was driving from San Francisco up to Santa Rosa one Friday afternoon in 1994 to pick up my daughter after school when I heard Ian Frazier read aloud on Fresh Air the last paragraph of his newly published book about his family. It brought tears to my eyes then, and brings them to this day.

At every step I would compare myself especially to [his father]…

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