My wife, Jean Dean, is the host of a daily talk show on WRVC AM930. She has interviewed Carter Seaton, the author of "Father's Troubles", and has also read the book. She gives a glowing account of the book, with comments such as the poignancy of the family's suffering following the downfall of "Father." How Mother and oldest sister keeps the family together despite illness, poverty, and the tremendous burden of falling from the highest pinnacle of society in a small town to an impoverished family with the man of the house in prison. The references to actual towns and persons in West Virginia during this period bring home the accuracy of the basic premise of the story. It is a riveting story of a fall from grace that is mirrored in several high profile cases of today.