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    Treehouse
    Treehouse
    Treehouse
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    Treehouse

    By Jon Sindell

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    What does it mean to be a man and a dad in America today? Climb up in the treehouse for a look.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJon Sindell
    Release dateJun 22, 2012
    ISBN9781476227757
    Treehouse
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    Jon Sindell

    Jon Sindell writes fiction in San Francisco and reads his work publicly throughout the Bay Area. He is a personal tutor in English and history, he was a dot-com editor and lawyer. The author of the baseball (and more) novel The Mighty Roman cried at six when the Dodgers blew the pennant, found strength on the mound at the age of eleven, rashly quit the baseball team at fifteen, and was reborn as a ballplayer in his thirties. He lives with his wife and near fledglings, and spends non-writing time hiking the Northern California coast, hugging redwoods, growing greens, and watching way too much baseball. He encourages readers to connect with him at Jon Sindell Fiction – where lots of his fiction may be viewed -- or on Facebook.

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      Treehouse - Jon Sindell

      Treehouse

      By Jon Sindell

      Copyright 2012 Jon Sindell

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      The problem was, Darren wanted a treehouse.

      He wanted a treehouse, and he wouldn't let go.

      But we'd have to ... mess up that beautiful tree! said Kenneth in a thin reedy voice, with the grin that had reassured his son through eleven years of life: I'm your dad, I love you, and I want what's best for you.

      But Darren perceived something strained in the grin, and cocked his head as the new pup did when you chattered like an excited chimp.

      Don’t you remember, pal? We bought this house so you could climb that great tree! Remember what you said, at the open house? You said, I'm gonna climb that tree and see the Pacific--like Nunez de Balboa! Kenneth shook his head in proud disbelief at his son's precocious store of knowledge. Nunez de Balboa. Or Columbus sighting the Bahamian shore! Or a pirate in the crow's nest, looking out for the Royal Navy, winding a pale doughy arm around Darren's neck in a piratical way. Dare, he counseled, you couldn't climb high enough to do any of those things if we buil-- he choked back the word built -- "if we put a treehouse down there

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