Stranger Than Most

by SUSAN LAUTZ

When I ask someone how his holiday was I usually get the same answer: “Good” said with an expression that means everything but. I start probing at one extreme. “Well, were the police called?” (You’d be surprised how many times the answer to that is “Yes”.) From there I work down the line to physical assault, verbal assault, theft, drunken ranting, re-airing of dirty laundry and rehashing of hurtful memories.

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