Dad glared at me and muttered under his breath, "I think it's great
you two go someplace together. But if you're going to spend money,
go someplace I won't take her, like Europe." "Maybe next time." He
shook his head and yelled at the defensive linebacker on TV. "I'm
worried." "We'll call you every day. How does that sound?" "I'm
worried about New York. No telling what trouble you two will get
into there." "I do not get into trouble," I protested. Then, as an
afterthought, "Not anymore." He grumbled and cracked open another
peanut. "This is a bad idea." "I want to do something special for
my birthday, Dad. Go somewhere I've never been." "Branson,
Missouri, has some great concerts. I'll go with you to Branson." "I
don't want to travel some tourist trap, Dad," I pleaded. "I want to
do something memorable . . . fun . . . interesting." "Dollywood's
interesting." "Dad, why don't you come with us?" He shook his head
and flipped through the channels. He hated commercials. "I ain't
going to New York Dirty, big, noisy, crazy people . . . they can
keep it for all I care." He looked at me and popped another peanut
into his mouth. "Don't take her to any of those shady, New York,
low-life places, like gay bars." "Relax, Dad," I laughed. "A gay
bar is probably the safest place for her to be." He looked me dead
in the eye and said, "She's your responsibility. If anything
happens to her, I'm blaming you." "What's the worst that could
happen, Pop?" I asked as he turned back to the game. Note to self:
Stop tempting fate. Thus begins David Alan Morrison's hilarious
memoir about the evolution of family dynamics. Following the sudden
death of his father, a single, middle-aged gay guy struggles with
his own mortality by reminiscing about the travels with his
gregarious mother and, in doing so, discovers a new dimension to
his relationship with himself, his parents and his regrets. Travels
With Penny is an honest look at the transformation of the baffling,
complex relationship between children and their parents.
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