Word: winderman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...August People are 16 members of the Winderman family, gathering on some 50 acres of prime land in the last full month of summer. No. 17 is on the way: Ellen, married into the clan, is pregnant. What she first sees is a family bound by ritual and affection, led by the 70-year-old paterfamilias, Charles. But as temperatures and voices rise, unflattering revelations occur. The internecine tennis matches are actually contests of will: "Bryan, a fragile 18-year-old loser, walked to the net to shake hands with his uncle. Ellen was so proud of the open, pleasant...
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