Summary of Cea Sunrise Person's North of Normal

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#1 My life began with my grandfather, Richard Abel Person. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, to Swedish immigrant parents. When he was just a boy, he began taking to the woods behind his family’s house to practice building campfires and setting homemade snares that brought down rabbits for his family’s dinner.

#2 Dick’s grandparents decided to live a primitive lifestyle, but still earn a living. He joined the army to get a free university education, but a war was raging in Korea. He found himself fighting in the trenches of Incheon.

#3 When the kids were teenagers, they were caught smoking pot by their mother’s boyfriend. The police raided their cabin, and the family went to jail. They were sent to foster families.

#4 My grandparents had an open marriage, and they spent their days pot smoking and their evenings discussing philosophy with friends. The kids dropped out of school one by one, and the family became known as the coolest place to hang out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822523746

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#1

My life began with my grandfather, Richard Abel Person. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, to Swedish immigrant parents. When he was just a boy, he began taking to the woods behind his family’s house to practice building campfires and setting homemade snares that brought down rabbits for his family’s dinner.

#2

Dick’s grandparents decided to live a primitive lifestyle, but still earn a living. He joined the army to get a free university education, but a war was raging in Korea. He found himself fighting in the trenches of Incheon.

#3

When the kids were teenagers, they were caught smoking pot by their mother’s boyfriend. The police raided their cabin, and the family went to jail. They were sent to foster families.

#4

My grandparents had an open marriage, and they spent their days pot smoking and their evenings discussing philosophy with friends. The kids dropped out of school one by one, and the family became known as the coolest place to hang out.

#5

My grandfather wanted to escape the city and move to Canada with his family. He knew his kids needed fresh mountain air and dirt between their toes. If he could just get them away from the city and into nature, they might still stand a chance.

#6

When my mother told my father she was pregnant, he asked her a few questions in disbelief, then left with the look of a trapped animal given the choice of chewing off his leg or waiting to die. A few days later, he came by and dropped off two hundred dollars in an envelope.

#7

My mother was a wife for five months. When Greg left her for good, Papa Dick decided it was time to make his move. He sold off most of his family’s possessions, waved goodbye to his wannabe revolutionary friends, and drove his wife and kids into the old VW bus.

#8

When I was born, my mother had just lost her husband. She was inconsolable,