The Book: My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
ISBN: 978-0-307-38127-9
Suggested By: Sissy Vaughn
Where: Home
When:9-9:30P
Music: None
Company: The Family
Pages: 143-198 (55)
The Lead In: It’s amazing how many crappy things happened to this kid. I wonder if this could happen now, with CPS watching parents so much tighter. Of course, when I was a teacher, kids would come in bruises and would go to the counselor. But in Howard’s case, doctors are doing this!
The 411 on the 55: Howard bounces from half-way house to mental institution as he gets older. He gets on disability when he is 18 and survives (barely) on that. He gets into some trouble writing bad checks, and is institutionalized to stay out of jail.
As he gets older, he marries one lady, but has trouble keeping faithful. They fight alot, but manage to have a couple of kids together. Being a father doesn’t really help Howard pull his life together, he still chases skirt and drinks constantly.
It’s hard to tell if Howard blames his lobotomy for his lack of focus in life or his life in general. The lobotomy certainly was the capper though.
Line of the Day: “But we didn’t have a life. We didn’t have a real marriage. We had a kind of association. We were just playing at marriage.” pg 182
Fact on the Fiction: Just look at that picture.
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