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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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🎧 667: “When I got . . .”

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2024/02/12

“WHEN I GOT OUTSIDE, I remembered that I didn’t have a ride. I took my shoes off and pulled my hem up and walked home—” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:07

🎧 666: Ariane stood . . .

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2024/02/09

Ariane stood outside the room, in the echoing hallway, hesitating, listening to the men arguing, biting her lip, grimacing, wondering whether she should go ahead with what she had planned or turn around and leave. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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8:10

🎧 665: She stumbled . . .

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2024/02/08

SHE STUMBLED off the planks and got some concrete muck on her shoe. She wiped at it with her handkerchief, but that didn’t do it, so she spit on the handkerchief, hiked her skirt up, and bent her leg up to get at the muck, in the process showing a lot of leg. Cornelius Murray, the manager of the resort, was watching from a window, enjoying the show, not only her legs, but her discomfiture. He smiled. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter

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2:53

🎧 664: “Tina talked . . .”

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2024/02/07

“TINA TALKED me into letting her drive me to the place,” she said. “She thought I’d make a better entrance. So, she drove her car, and I sat in the back. I don’t know what the hell we thought we were supposed to look like. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:02

🎧 663: She sprang . . .

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2024/02/06

SHE SPRANG out of bed. Normally, when she got up, she had the annoying feeling that she was being watched. There was a reason for that feeling. It wasn’t always an illusion. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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2:27

🎧 662: “One morning,” . . .

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2024/02/05

“ONE MORNING,” she said, “not long after that visit, I woke up to find that the signs seemed right. I sat up in bed, pushed my curtains aside—” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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9:57

🎧 661: She began . . .

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2024/02/02

SHE BEGAN VISITING the resort almost daily, before she went to her job as a waitress at the clam bar. A couple of times she borrowed her girlfriend Tina’s car, a six-year-old Commander that still had a lot of life in it. In the car she felt invisible and anonymous. She could park on the town pier and observe the work without feeling that she was being observed herself. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at

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4:18

🎧 660: “Peter?”

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2024/02/01

“PETER?” said Ariane. “Hmm?” I said. “Oh. Sorry, I got a little carried away with my thoughts there.” “You were somewhere else.” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:39

🎧 659: What Denny meant ...

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2024/01/31

WHAT DENNY MEANT when he said that the resort seemed out of place was what a large chunk of the population of Babbington thought: that Babbington would be better off without the resort, which most of the people who lived in the older part of town called “the motel.” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:17

🎧 658: Denny began . . .

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2024/01/30

DENNY BEGAN TO SPEAK more directly and honestly than he had ever spoken to anyone before. He told her that he loved her and would always love her. He was amazed by the way he spoke. He used words that he had never used before: tender, forever, rapture, even marriage. Something had certainly happened to Denny there in the car, pushing himself on Ariane. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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10:54

🎧 657: At the dock, . . .

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2024/01/29

AT THE DOCK, there was a crowd, and Ariane rewarded Denny for his honesty with a kiss, a good one. Then she patted him, like a child, and said, “That’s enough now.” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:35

🎧 656: “You know,” . . .

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2024/01/26

“YOU KNOW,” I said, “if I had been there, if I had been there beside you instead of Denny, we would have had a lot to say, we would have had a lively conversation, we would have had a lot of laughs.” “Oh, Peter. Stop torturing yourself. You would have been as tongue-tied as Denny.” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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9:25

🎧 655: When Dennis . . .

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2024/01/25

WHEN DENNIS, the young man everyone called “Denny,” went to Corinne’s that night, he didn’t intend to stay. He came to take Ariane away. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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1:54

654: “I found . . .”

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2024/01/24

“I FOUND THE BATHROOM,” she said. “I washed my face. I looked at myself in the mirror, and I saw how much I had changed. Of course, I was still gorgeous—but I had a hardness that I hadn’t had.” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:36

🎧 653: During that time ...

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2024/01/23

DURING THAT TIME in Ariane’s life, when she was working at Captain White’s and hanging around Corinne’s and living up to Tootsie Koochikov’s reputation, I stopped spending afternoons with her at her house—her parents’ house, that is—ending a practice that we had begun when I was eleven. I missed those afternoons. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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10:03

🎧 652: She took the . . .

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2024/01/22

SHE TOOK THE CLAM HAT OFF and tossed it into a corner of the sofa, where it lay there watching us, wide-eyed, amused. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:52

🎧 651: “After work,”

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2024/01/19

“AFTER WORK,” she said, “most of the time, a few of us, the younger workers from Captain White’s, would go down the street, to a bar—” “Corinne’s.” “Right.” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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8:17

🎧 650: “Tootsie Koochikov.”

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2024/01/18

“TOOTSIE KOOCHIKOV. I allowed myself to be called that for years,” she said, “right on through high school, until one night when I discovered, to my surprise, that I had had enough of it. It was after I had graduated, when I was working at Captain White’s—that clam bar.” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:39

🎧 649: “She must . . .”

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2024/01/17

3“SHE MUST HAVE BEEN quite rattled when you burst into the house complaining about your name,” I said. “Was she!” said Ariane. “I can imagine that scene.” “Can you?” she asked. There was a bit of a challenge in it. “Yes,” I said, accepting the challenge. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:33

🎧 648: In Ariane’s . . .

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2024/01/16

IN ARIANE’S MOTHER’S DEFENSE, it must be said that when the time came to name her she was reacting, perhaps overreacting, to the trouble caused by the names she and her husband had given to Ariane’s older brothers. They were both named Ernie. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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