
196 THE SIX LAWS OF ABSOLUTE HONESTY
ner table and certain subjects, like sex or neighborhood gossip, were
never discussed.
Larry will never forget the culture shock when, at the age of
eight, his best friend, Joey, invited him to dinner. Joey was one of
nine children from a first-generation Italian family. The meal was a
boisterous, noisy affair, with people shouting at each other from op-
posite ends of the table. There was chiding, loud disagreements,
laughter, and one shouting match between Joey’s older sister and her
father about the sister’s new boyfriend.
Of the two families, in which one would you guess people would
feel freer to tell the truth? ...