September 2011
Beginner
352 pages
7h 51m
English
IN THE PHILLIPS HOUSEHOLD in the 1970s, Barbara was teaching, taking students to Europe, and starting a writing career. Our three daughters were moving through high school and into their college years and beyond, with adventures along the way that included a close encounter by Nina with a celebrated murderer.
All three daughters had begun their schooling at the Packer Collegiate Institute, a walk of about three blocks east of our Hicks Street house in Brooklyn Heights. Beside the As and Bs and generally laudatory remarks on their elementary-school report cards, there occasionally were comments like these on Lisa’s March 1962 third-grade report card: “Lisa’s mercurial, outspoken temperament has its advantages. ...
Read now
Unlock full access