own Philadelphia childhood was an exercise in intellectual development. “Other families took their kids to see The Sound of Music or Carousel; we saw Racine ’s Phaedra and Samuel Beckett’s Endgame,” she has recalled. “Our family read Henry Fielding’s 18th-century novel Joseph Andrews out loud to each othe

own Philadelphia childhood was an exercise in intellectual development. “Other families took their kids to see The Sound of Music or Carousel; we saw Racine ’s Phaedra and Samuel Beckett’s Endgame,” she has recalled. “Our family read Henry Fielding’s 18th-century novel Joseph Andrews out loud to each othe

named Jenny.* An older woman greets | “Jenny’s, Francine’s, and Kristina’s names, some identifying details