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They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer.The boy quickly becomes the \"grandchild\" the elderly couple have longed for. As Norman revels in taking his new charge fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness - and slang - in return. In the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer together by a mild heart attack. 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Ernest Thompson dedicated his life to organizing the powerless. This lively, illustrated personal narrative of his work shows the great contribution that people's coalitions can make to the struggle for equality and freedom. Thompson cut his teeth organizing one of the great industrial unions, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and brought his organizing skills and commitment to coalition building to Orange, New Jersey. He built a strong organization and skillfully led fights for school desegregation, black political representation, and strong government in a city he initially thought of as a \"dirty Jim Crow town going nowhere.\" Thompson came to love the City of Orange and its caring citizens, seeing in its struggles a microcosm of America. This story of people's power is meant for all who struggle for human rights, economic opportunity, decent housing, effective education, and a chance for children to have a better life.   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