BoysintheTrees_AMemoir

Begin Reading Table of Contents About the Author Copyright Page Thank you for buying this Flatiron Books ebook. To receive special offers, bonus content, and info on new releases and other great reads, sign up for our newsletters. Or visit us online at us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup For email updates on the author, click here. The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us.macmillanusa.com/piracy. Dedicated to the first Orpheus, Richard L. Simon, my father, my beloved hero, understood too late for our peace to come during his lifetime. BOOK ONE Uncle Peter “Snake Hips” Dean. My Father, 1918, at twenty-one. My mother, 1930. Chibie (pronounced Sheebie), who would never allow a picture of her taken. Sorry, Chib. CHAPTER ONE 133 west eleventh street This day may have been the day, the very day when my identity was born. Befor......