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But in truth, when the glittering and gay left the ball, removed their dancing shoes, sent out their finery to be cleaned and repaired (or returned, if they’d been gauche enough to have to borrow it), they simply reflected on what a grand
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“Dominick Burns was a literature lover and autodidact who compensated for his lack of education by insisting his grandchildren be well read. Dad was his prize student, though the fifty-cent pieces awarded for reciting a Shakespeare sonnet from memory was incentive enough. My father and his younger brother John would become well-known writers, and both credited their “poppa” as a major influence. Like Dominick Burns, I also lacked formal education, and though I can’t blame a famine for not getting past the tenth grade, I can credit my becoming a voracious reader to my shame as a dropout.”
― The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
― The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
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