The Laughing Heart-Revised

This Is A Story Of Epic Ambition—Literally. It Is One Of An Ambiguous And Contestable Heroism Of Guilt Of Stigma Of Resilience Of Mental Illness And Of Baseball. There’S Music And Murder Sanity Sainthood And Sickness. There Is Love Within And Across Generations And There Is Loss And Grief. There’S Hatred Crime And Revenge. There Is Baseball The Violin Philosophy Natural And Hard-Earned Talents Mentored And Mentor.. Not Enough Yet? Here Is A Story Of Kid Dee Of His Unusual Mother And Of Religion Pro (His) And Con (Hers)—Not To Speak Of A Memorable Father And Friendships. Kid Talks On And On And For Some He Gets Tedious. It’S All Made-Up. Strange Things Happen.