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Little Happier: A Father Ate the Bananas Intended for His Children, and His Son Never Viewed Him the Same Way

Little Happier: A Father Ate the Bananas Intended for His Children, and His Son Never Viewed Him the Same Way

Happier with Gretchen Rubin · Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

September 20, 20214m 20s

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Show Notes

Writer Auberon Waugh tells the story of how his father, novelist Evelyn Waugh, ate the bananas—at that time, a very rare treat--intended for him and his sisters. “It would be absurd to say that I never forgave him, but he was permanently marked down in my estimation.”

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