Contributor: Regina McMenamin Lloyd - - Tommy was 14, it was 1987, it was his third summer in Wenonah, NJ with Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Al. His mom had to work and didn’t want him in trouble in Philly. She sent him to the suburbs. Aunt Eleanor was a school teacher and spent the summers running between the library and the pool. She would sit by the pool with stacks of books and sipping glasses of water with lime. Aunt Eleanor would tell Tommy stories of Uncle Al, when he was the football star. She told Tommy’s about his father, Uncle Al’s best friend. Tommy tried to get Aunt Eleanor to talk about what could have made his dad put a hole in his head. She would avoid the subject. Aunt Eleanor liked to tell funny stories, like how the sisters met the best friends, dancing at a dance hall. Uncle Al was disabled and spent most of his days at...

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Author: Regina McMenamin Lloyd