There is little research for how often extended families turn on each other in the event of the sudden death of a relation, but if there were, my parents and the Didion-Dunnes would have been a case study. John and Joan timed their return from Paris with Quintana to the day of the sentencing. The animosity between my father and his brother reached new heights with every passing day John stayed in Europe. Even my allegiance had shifted during the trial, and it angered and hurt me that John never once checked in with my mother or me to see how we were holding up.
