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Peter Ferry. Old Heart
Part One. Frenchman’s Lake, July 6, 2007
Lake County, July 5, 2007
Frenchman’s Lake, July 4, 2007
Chicago to Paris, July 5 and 6, 2007
Nora Panco Narrative History
Antwerp, July 8, 2007
Frenchman’s Lake, July 4, 2007
Brabant, Summer 2007
Veldhoven, August 2007 The War, Part I
Veldhoven, August 8, 2007 The War, Part II
Veldhoven, Autumn 2007
Johnson Family History Continued For Nora
Veldhoven, Autumn 2007
Veldhoven, Autumn 2007 The War, Part III
Veldhoven, Spring 2012
Part Two. Veldhoven, Autumn 2007
Northern Illinois, Autumn 2007
Brabant, Autumn 2007
Brabant, Autumn 2007
Veldhoven, Autumn 2007
Veldhoven, Autumn 2007
Veldhoven to Eindhoven to Rijswijk and back, Winter 2007
Part Three
The Netherlands, the North Sea and England, 2008
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
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Dad’s gone,” Brooks said into the telephone.
“What do you mean? He’s dead?” said Christine.
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Social milieu! He’d finally put an end to it, at least round one of it, with Christine’s help. He had just the two of them—no spouses, no kids—to dinner. He wowed them with his paella Valencia, softened them with Spanish wine, amused them, charmed them, and then, while Tony was doing the dishes and singing “She Was Just Seventeen” in the kitchen and they were oohing and ahing over his flan and espresso, he said, “Look, you two, I went through a bad time when your mother was dying, and I know there are probably hard times ahead with Tony, but right now I’m in a very good place. I’m on one of those little plateaus of happiness and good health that comes along every so often, and I am enjoying it thoroughly.” He said that he had Tony, Al Jones, music, books to read, this place that he loved, the lake to swim in and sail on, the forest to walk in, and his family all around. “I’m strong, I’m healthy, I’m happy. Please let me be. Please.”
Christine looked under raised brows at Brooks. “He’s right, you know.” And they let him be until Tony died, and then it started again.
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