Summary

The Turnip -

This is another journaling entry by Laura at the Wellness Center. The topic asks about Laura's father. The beginning of the letter says: Fuck You, Bin Ladin. Then, she writes about her father, who had fought in Vietnam, then come home to open an auto body shop. On the side he dabbled in stocks and lost what savings the family had. It so unhinged Laura's mother that she hung herself in her garage. Laura had found her. She was four at the time.

Laura's father had thrown himself into the stock market full time, and eventually became decent at it. He once told Laura that God and religion was for the weak minded; that it is all just one big con to separate people from their money. He points out the...