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Annotated by:
- Moore, Pamela
- Date of entry: Feb-08-2002
Summary
Berger writes shortly after the death of his mother. He remembers how as a child he had a morbid fear that his parents would die in the middle of the night. But his mother has lived for a long time. Now Berger reflects on his mother's secrets. She was forever stoic and had an air of mystery that Berger thinks caused him to become a writer--he had to try to fathom the mystery. On her death bed, he learns her secret-- she has had a happy life.
Primary Source
Hiding in Plain Sight: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography
Publisher
Mercury House
Place Published
San Francisco
Edition
1993
Editor
Wendy Lesser
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