Splendid Things We Planned
The renowned biographer''s unforgettable portrait of a family in ruins—his own
Meet the Baileys: Burck, a prosperous lawyer once voted the American Legion''s "Citizen of the Year" in his tiny hometown of Vinita, Oklahoma; his wife Marlies, who longs to recapture her festive life in Greenwich Village as a fetching young German immigrant, fresh off the boat; their addled son Scott, who repeatedly cra...
The renowned biographer''s unforgettable portrait of a family in ruins—his own
Meet the Baileys: Burck, a prosperous lawyer once voted the American Legion''s "Citizen of the Year" in his tiny hometown of Vinita, Oklahoma; his wife Marlies, who longs to recapture her festive life in Greenwich Village as a fetching young German immigrant, fresh off the boat; their addled son Scott, who repeatedly cra...
