{"id":9637,"date":"2010-04-23T14:06:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T19:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=9637"},"modified":"2010-03-28T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T19:24:45","slug":"froh-kelly-debbies-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=9637","title":{"rendered":"Froh, Kelly &#8211; Debbie&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kellyfroh.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/debbie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"debbie1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/debbie1.jpg\" alt=\"debbie1\" width=\"252\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debbie&#8217;s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be honest now: how many of you have taken the time to get to know the  real stories of your relatives?\u00c2\u00a0 I have various assorted stories for  different relatives, but I have only rarely gotten the real &#8220;whole  story&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Debbie mentioned on the cover is Kelly&#8217;s aunt, and Kelly  takes the time to question where the current version of the woman came  from and gives us the story in lovely mini comic format.\u00c2\u00a0 Debbie is, at  present, essentially a stunt double for her mom: same basic attitude,  same interests, and they talk on the phone every day.\u00c2\u00a0 Back in the day,  however, she ran with a gang (well, the small town version of a gang  from 40 years ago or so) and hung out with a local scumbag until her  parents sent her away to the National Guard.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s right, that was her  punishment.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, where a lot of people would take that punishment as  a hint to never come back or to make their own way in the world, she  chose to return to her hometown, marry one of the losers from the local  gang and have a couple of kids.\u00c2\u00a0 She also got a job cleaning (alongside  her mom) and has settled into a quiet, uneventful life.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s the  personal family bits in here that make this special though, as Kelly  gets inside information from family members to make this a more complete  portrait.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s not going to come as a shock to any regular readers  that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but it really is fascinating.\u00c2\u00a0 I  can even see Kelly still being able to enjoy family dinners after this,  as things never get TOO personal, although I can see that being a  subjective judgment.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Check it out, then go down the rest of this huge  page and think about sending her a chunk of change so she&#8217;ll send you a  pile of comics.\u00c2\u00a0 No price, so&#8230; 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