Educating Lillian
I grew up in the valley of that mountain, just poor enough that I could imagine a way out. I lived with my mom and a rotating cast of her boyfriends, my father either dead or just checked out. My mother was so
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LEIGH ANN HENION is the author of Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, and other publications. This essay is adapted from her forthcoming