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The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

The entire Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy, read by the author. "A masterpiece of American humor." Los Angeles Times peterleroy.substack.com

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🎧 812: Hearing the story . . .

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2024/09/17

HEARING THE STORY of the fire in the Nevsky mansion from so many sources on so many occasions taught me something about how to shape a story, because I got to see the storytellers at work, . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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8:43

🎧 811: “I couldn’t help . . .”

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2024/09/16

“I couldn’t help overhearing,” said a voice from behind them. It was Mr. Locke, the principal of the high school. Joining the group, he moved in behind them, tossed his arms in a comradely way across the shoulders of the Leroy boys, and embraced the entire trio, pressing himself, at the height of the embrace, up against my mother’s teenage bottom. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:51

🎧 810: My mother felt . . .

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2024/09/13

MY MOTHER felt the chill, and she gave a little shudder, and she linked one arm with Bert’s and the other with Buster’s and drew the boys closer to her. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:17

🎧 809: The Glynns lived . . .

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2024/09/11

THE GLYNNS LIVED in what had been the carriage house for what had been the grandest house in Babbington. It was really the only house in Babbington that might reasonably be called grand at all. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:01

🎧 808: Mrs. Jerrold said . . .

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2024/09/10

Mrs. Jerrold said, “Well, what can you expect? He’s an abstractionist, you know.” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:08

🎧 807: Recalling, now, . . .

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2024/09/09

RECALLING, NOW, the stories told about the Glynns then, I think I hear, with my adult’s ear, a tone that I’m certain I never noticed as a boy. The tales of the Glynns and their wacky way of life were told with the tone one might use for a story about a particularly dense pet dog. It was, to be technical, ridiculous. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:51

🎧 806: “It’s about . . .”

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2024/09/06

“It’s about the Glynns,” said my mother after she’d gotten herself under control. “Mr. and Mrs. Glynn.” . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:56

🎧 805: I knew . . .

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2024/09/05

I KNEW MARGOT AND MARTHA well, but I hardly knew their parents, Andrew and Rosetta, at all. At the time, I wouldn’t have said that, though. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:17

🎧 804: One evening, . . .

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2024/09/04

ONE EVENING, while I was practicing, Margot called me at home and asked me for a favor—perhaps I should say “another favor.” . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:12

🎧 803: “We’re not ready . . .”

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2024/09/03

“We’re not ready to have the whole school know that you’re honing your little skills, honey,” said Margot. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:41

🎧 802: Back in my room . . .

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2024/08/30

BACK IN MY ROOM AGAIN, I hit on the idea of practicing with marbles instead of peas. I was a little beyond the age of playing with marbles. Among the other kids my age at school, marbles were no longer in favor. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:14

🎧 801: “That was delicious, . . .”

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2024/08/29

“THAT WAS DELICIOUS, Mom,” I said. “Thanks.” I stood and began removing the dinner plates. “What on earth are you doing?” asked my father. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:31

🎧 800: So I did . . .

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2024/08/28

SO I DID begin practicing at home, but it wasn’t easy. I knew that my parents weren’t going to consider rolling peas a suitable occupation for my spare time, so . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:49

🎧 799: “Rolling peas?”

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2024/08/27

“Rolling peas?” I had the feeling that a joke was coming. “Try it,” said Martha. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:43

🎧 798: One day I . . .

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2024/08/26

ONE DAY I was in the cafeteria at the new junior high school, making my way along the steam table in a line with the other scholars, collecting the various components of my lunch . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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3:36

🎧 797: Although the threat . . .

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2024/08/23

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT of atomic warfare hung over us constantly when I was a boy in Babbington, New York, clam capital of America, we didn’t think about annihilation all the time. Sometimes we worried about war and rumors of war, it’s true, but at other times we had other thoughts: . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:01

🎧 796: If I were . . .

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2024/08/22

If I were still working in the novella form, this short book would have had three parts: “Abed with Twins,” “Driven to Abstraction,” and “In Your Own Words.” . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:33

🎧 795: There I went, . . .

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2024/08/21

There I went, into an alley I had meant to ignore. As my work on this book progressed, as I kept poking my way a bit deeper into that alley, I found that I wasn’t alone . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:15

🎧 794; Permit me . . .

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2024/08/20

Permit me a brief aside on the subject of composition, recollection, introspection, and the effect of each on the others. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:43

🎧 793: Let me try . . .

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2024/08/19

Let me try to paint for you a picture of that enchanting Glynnscape. Imagine their bed, an improvised four-poster that the romantic and resourceful sisters had created by pushing their child-size twin beds together and . . . Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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