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    WINNETKA: A Memoir

    WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir created and produced by award-winning actress Jessica Harper, with original music. The podcast features the voices of the Harper family, who share in the telling of their remarkable story.

    WINNETKA tells of six Harper kids coming of age in Eisenhower’s post-war America, in a Chicago suburb called Winnetka. The siblings are buffeted by the rages of a father with PTSD, challenged by life in a big family, rocked by social change in the sixties, and ultimately stunned by a long held family secret.

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    5. The Grandfather Report Feb 25, 2019
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    Mom comes from a long line of ministers, and the goodness persists in the Emery family. The actions of Dad’s father, Papa Harper, also echo those of his forebears, but goodness has nothing to do with it.


    Bonus Story: Love and Crime Feb 21, 2019
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    “I got interested in boys then. Not so much for romance as for a Billy surrogate, when he was out raising hell."


    4. Winnetka Feb 18, 2019
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    In ‘56, we settle in Winnetka. When, in July, Mom gives birth to twin baby boys, Dad’s temper rises like the temperature does. But he keeps us in his thrall with signs of love.


    Bonus Story: Housework Feb 14, 2019
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    “The trouble with being a stay-at-home mom, wasn’t that the work was so hard, but that it was so unvalued.”


    3. Wishing Feb 11, 2019
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    My twin brother Billy and I are close pals. In spite of our fear of our angry father, we each wish he would shine his love light on us. The arrival of an adorable baby sister does not help our cause.


    2. Mom and Dad Feb 07, 2019
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    A Marine (Dad) and a nightclub singer (Mom) are married in 1946. By 1950 they live in a Chicago suburb with three babies. Dad starts his career in advertising, while my mother struggles with being a stay-at-home mom. Dad shows an unexpected angry side, which Mom attributes to PTSD.


    Bonus Story: The Joke Feb 04, 2019
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    “Memory is tricky after all. It can morph over time, and events get reimagined.”


    1. Introduction Feb 04, 2019
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    My family and I attend Dad’s funeral in ’13. As I listen to my siblings’ eulogies that extol his virtues, I note how our memories of childhood differ. But what we’ll all discover some days later is an awful piece of our history that none of us can change, misremember, or deny.


    Trailer: The Unexpected Jan 28, 2019
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    WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir by actress Jessica Harper. She narrates her story of growing up in the fifties and sixties in a six-kid household in Winnetka, Illinois. You might expect a tale of an idyllic childhood. But when you meet the Harper family, you meet the unexpected…


    Introduction to WINNETKA Nov 05, 2018
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    WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir by actress Jessica Harper. It tells her story of growing up in a six-kid household in Winnetka, Illinois, in Eisenhower’s postwar America. It seems like an idyllic time and place, but the children are dominated by an angry father, rocked by cultural change, and ultimately stunned by a long-held family secret…


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