It's December 1975 and life has taken a precipitous turn for neoconservative insurance agent Karl Patton. While his own family remains in the tenuous grip of Karl's fascist rule, the winds of political change and social liberation are tearing at edifice of his nuclear family. It is indeed a time of tumult with a generation of broken young men returning from Vietnam and young adults cynical to the institutions that once defined the nation and made it great. With the Grand Ole Party reeling from the fall of Saigon and Watergate, the conservative private sector is also under attack by...

Michael Turpin's third book is a collection of wit and wisdom arising out of the indignities and revelations of middle age. Tearing a page from the books of many of his favorite authors - Bryson, Allen, Sedaris and Bombeck, Turpin offers laugh out loud and poignant milestone moments that come with the mid-point of life. For those that survived the reckless 60's and 70's only to find themselves in the unfamiliar role of adults, parents and persons of responsibility, this book will reassure you that you are not alone...