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This reads as a reflection on growing up in the shadow of a famous parent. It points to the strange way awe around a public figure can block ordinary family conversation, so a child is denied the simple, curious questions others get asked. It lands when fame turns private life into something distant, even inside the family.
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Books by Lorna Luft
Me and My Shadows
1998