At 1 A.M., My Parents Demanded $20,000 for My Brother — By Morning, the Police Were at My Door

then everyone else’s. Somehow, no matter what explosion of consequence he creates, he always lands back at my parents’ house like their gravity is custom-built for catching him.

In our family, gravity doesn’t pull equally.

My little sister Emily—ten years younger than me, which made her the baby when I was already expected to act like an adult—is thirty-two continue reading …