We Are All Unprepared
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
In 1929, William Alexander Percy’s favorite cousin died. Then just a few years later, he lost his mother. Then his cousin’s wife died and he lost his own father. He had wanted to be a poet. He had hoped to spend his days traveling the world, practicing law, enjoying his family’s wealth. Yet the confirmed bachelor found himself compelled by circumstances to adopt his cousin’s three boys: Walker (14), LeRoy (13) and Phin (9).
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| 1:43.0 | In 1929, William Alexander Percy's favorite cousin died. Then just a few |
| 1:48.6 | years later, he lost his mother. Then his cousin's wife died and he lost his own father. He had wanted to be a |
| 1:54.8 | poet. He had hoped to spend his days traveling the world, practicing law, enjoying his family's |
| 2:00.5 | wealth. Yet the confirmed bachelor found |
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