An excerpt of Bernard Cooper's story about the bill he got from his own father, for the entire cost of his childhood. Actor Josh Hamilton reads. (19 minutes)
The story first appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and is in Cooper's book The Bill From My Father.
Song:
“I Tried Not to Cry” by C Levitan
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