As unlikely a pair as they seemed to be on the surface, my parents would come to discover that they actually had a lot in common. Holmer, it turned out, was not just a party boy in search of an easy payday, and my mother was more than a well-mannered trust fund baby looking to laugh her way out of her grief. They were each stuck in a bad situation, eager for a fresh start. They both longed for someone who knew how it felt to have your life sailing along in one direction and then, suddenly, one day, without any warning, to have it be turned around so completely that you didn’t know where you
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