Wendy Burden is a writer and author of the memoir 'Dead End Gene Pool,' which chronicles her upbringing in a prominent American family. She contributed essays and cultural commentary to The Weekly Standard in 2012 and 2013.
"The Declaration of Independence was signed by, among others, our ancestor Robert Livingston,” 10-year-old Alexandra lectures her younger cousin, as they tramp through snow to skate on a pond at Rokeby, the 450-acre estate on which they both live. Thus we enter Alexandra Aldrich’s childhood memoir,…
I’m not much of a TV watcher. Other than Top Gear episodes that feature Porsches, I tend towards Iron Chef or reruns of Two Fat Ladies. I lack the commitment ethos required (and invariably tested) by a multi-narrative television series.