"I broke all the rules that my dad gave me". Novelist Heather O’Neill recalls several key lessons she learned in…
childhood from her father: memories and stories about how crime does pay, why one should never keep a diary, and that it is good to beware of clowns, among other things. Her father and his eccentric friends--ex-bank robbers and homeless men--taught her that everything she did was important, a belief that she has carried through her life. 2018.