HOUSE OF HAPPY ENDINGS: A MEMOIR
by Leslie Garis

Imagine growing up as the granddaughter of the people who wrote the Uncle Wiggily series, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift and numerous other books for children. Was life idyllic to match the stories?
In House of Happy Endings Garis pulls away the layers of what happened to her family. Her father, Roger, was not very successful in his attempts at writing novels, plays and magazines.
Each failure pushed him deeper into depression. His mental illness tore everyone apart.
Garis writes with unflinching honesty.
The book is a masterpiece.