one old fellow in particular, his name is homer barnwell.and homer went to work in the mill and his mommy and daddy work themselves to death. he went to work in the mill after world war ii, and one day after walking across europe fight the germs that he looked round him and all the carnage and the noise, and the people trying to breathe, and he walked out, but he was always part of the mill village. he lives there now, and his mom and daddy, again, who gave their lives to the place, are such a part of it. i thought all those stores were worth 200 i told him i would tell the story of his mom and daddy. i do see him, you know, at a high school graduation or something. i was deeply ashamed not to have done the book already. so finally we got a chance to do it. did it for pretty good reasons, i think. glad it's done. i'm glad it's on the show. i'm very proud of it. >> how is this book different from the other books you have written? >> it was similar and that it probably wasn't necessary about family. i did not dwell on my brother's story. i tol