Dont Let Them Be Alone With This

Published: March 14, 2023, 4 a.m.

b'In the classic novel, Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney the narrator flashes back to the scene of his mother\\u2019s deathbed. Battling cancer, aware the end is near, she takes just enough pain medication to be uninhibited but still lucid.The walls between parent and child fall away. They talk openly of the things they never managed to broach in life without embarrassment. They talk about sex. They talk about love. They talk about their fears and worries. They shared their insecurities, their...'