DG Farnsworth
Bombastic Gadflies
Roman a clef (or autobiographical fiction: actual persons or events disguised as fiction) is a potent way to heal the injured mind: you tell without telling. It's therapeutic and touches readers in the same way.
"The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat" (poet Robert Frost).
"…self starvation expresses hostility, control and aggression toward the family….anorexia nervosa as a struggle for differentiation, identity and self-respect…pointed to defective parenting. Such ideas are now generally accepted as plausible, yet remain unproven" (Vincenzo F. DiNicola)
Myra's dad pockets the largest pool of PAC money of any departing member of Congress, $700-thousand (through a loophole)--by not seeking another congressional term... running for governor, instead. Until the Kentucky governor's race the 13-year Republican congressman's life was never examined with such scrutiny. Congressman Lucas remained one of the biggest abusers of the House Bank's routinely covering overdrafts for insufficient funds--$300-thousand.
Myra's father bought her a horse in fourth grade. She spent her whole life at the barn with it. He bought her a horse because he wanted his kids to grow up around animals or in that kind of environment, rather than in front of a drugstore. But Myra Lucas always acted somewhat twisted, and she had a keen capability of twisting everyone and everything around her.
Myra and her best friend (and neighbor), Royce, worked innumerable horse farms together. He stayed amazed at her ability to get others to clean her stall...feed for her later, or whatever the task. The Persian Gulf war beckoned their racetrack buddy, Stan Winthrop, to play a major role as a pilot. He was missing in Iraq. Persian Gulf remarks about Royce and Myra's lost friend often acted as free publicity for US Representative Carey Lucas, the ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Royce introduced Myra (and lost her) to his lifelong overweight friend, Leila (the wealthy daughter of his mother's eccentric best friend [who both shared dark secrets]). Leila's parents built an extravagant home in Lexington, but was not allowed reside with them and her anorexic sister. Leila was too fat and destroyed the beauty of her "beautiful" family. The things Royce, Myra, and Leila felt successful about their extremely successful parents acted like—is that it?
Like other anorexic nervosa patients, Royce felt the only way he could live was through other people—and viewed that as his justification for being around. The taking away of food (to end his life) was the result of the battle. His fight remained one that starved not only the body but also his soul. He often thought, "How could he be of importance to anyone when he hadn’t made the world perfect for all involved?" Royce VanArsdale began unraveling the biggest lie of his life in California with the VanArsdales....who along with his mother all played a role in the deception.
Myra's dad couldn’t beat his millionaire-horse-breeder opponent politically in the governor's race, but he was going to beat him on the racetrack in the Kentucky Derby… so he thought. But Myra had other ideas.
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