Family occasions have always given Janice some pain, assembling like a grim jury these people to whom we owe something, first our parents and elders … - John Updike

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Family occasions have always given Janice some pain, assembling like a grim jury these people to whom we owe something, first our parents and elders and then our children and their children. One of the things she and Harry secretly had in common, beneath all their troubles, was dislike of all that, these expected ceremonies.