Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.Sample Book Insights: #1 Our parents were politically active. They were anti-McCarthyism and pro–civil rights, and they were anti–Vietnam War. They were pro rights of workers. They were very into film, and they had books about Fellini, Bergman, and Truffaut sitting around in the living room.#2 Tony’s parents sent him to a private school around the same time that his grandmother died and left him a lot of money. They were able to pay for private school for a while, but then they ran out of money.