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‘ Zappa recalls in her new memoir, Earth to Moon, she’s awakened by her father standing over her bed saying, “Gail is on a rampage. I need you to hide the gun.”’
So? My siblings and I spent our youth and early adulthood hiding guns, knives, sharp scissors, and bats from our parents and you don’t see any of us writing memoirs! Mom and Dad both died of old age two months apart. In fact, we thought their animosity was pretty normal, at least during childhood. We all raised our own kids in a different environment however.
‘ Zappa recalls in her new memoir, Earth to Moon, she’s awakened by her father standing over her bed saying, “Gail is on a rampage. I need you to hide the gun.”’
So? My siblings and I spent our youth and early adulthood hiding guns, knives, sharp scissors, and bats from our parents and you don’t see any of us writing memoirs! Mom and Dad both died of old age two months apart. In fact, we thought their animosity was pretty normal, at least during childhood. We all raised our own kids in a different environment however.