Sunday Afternoons and Other Times Remembered

On the afternoon of Easter Sunday 1992 Ben Ewell's brother sister-in-law and niece were all murdered. While trying to make sense of this staggering tragedy Ben can't help but think back through his life: the hard work and the many peaceful Sunday afternoons growing up on his family farm in Ohio in a house without a bathroom or running water; his high school antics in the 1950s; his time in Haight-Ashbury while attending law school in 1960s San Francisco; and the highs and lows both personal and professional of life after school. Threaded throughout these reminiscences Ben reveals the details of the investigation of his family members' murders--and the arrest and trial of the parties involved. <p/>In this decades-long saga there is marriage and divorce love and loss family and friendship; there are political campaigns and business ventures some failed and some fruitful. Ultimately this is a story of perseverance in the face of tragedy of creating opportunities out of problems and of appreciating the gift of life and the world around us--with some humor along the way.