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Tad Friend’s family history is a microcosm of the American Wasp: an illustrious lineage that once dominated national life but began to waver through the 1960s. Drawing on his father's role as president of Swarthmore College and his mother's literary achievement, Friend explores how generational expectations, alcoholism, depression, and eccentricity have shaped the legacy of his ancestors. Interweaving memoir, genealogy, and cultural analysis, Cheeryful Money offers a poignant look at the decline of an upper‑class ideal and the personal struggle to move beyond it.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Tad Friend
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