Love and Shame and Love sisters first each of us can achieve

each of us can achieve life to the fullest -- until it overflows

after laying bare its tenants' past in The Family

and hiding a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs

It appears to have been written in the late 1940s and is therefore Vonnegut’s first ever novella

As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night

Love and Shame and Love sisters first each of us can achieveAlexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss of the family, retreats into books; paternal