Remembering George Town East
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As we were heading back to the old house for our last load, I noticed my dad’s face as he came to a stop at a red light on the highway. He seemed happy. He had an eased look, a small smile on his face.
Out of the blue, I decided to ask my silly question. “Dad, will the headless people that live in my closet move with us?”
He looked at me quizzically. “Headless people?”
“Yeah. They live in my closet and chase me down the hall at night.”
“Oh no, they’re all gone, all gone. Don’t worry about them anymore.” He must have known I had nightmares or a big imagination, because his reaction was intuitive and effective.
As we pulled up into our old driveway, I looked at the last few pieces of furniture on the lawn, waiting to be loaded into the moving truck. I felt a sadness in my heart that slid all the way down into my gut. I was going to miss Teddy, I really was. I was going to miss living on Terry Drive as well.
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About the Book
At five years old, Julianne doesn’t want to move to George Town East, especially when she knows she’ll be separated from her best friend. Still, when Julianne’s dad tells her that the headless people that live in her closet and chase her down the hall won’t follow her to their new house, she starts to look forward to the move.
George Town East is where Julianne will spend her childhood and adolescence in the 1970s and 1980s; in this memoir, she recalls a simpler time growing up there. Hot summer days, watching television with the family, riding bicycles, and going to the movies were all mainstays of daily life.
This was a time before computers, before cell phones and when children growing up didn’t have a care in the world—except school, summer vacations and then becoming a teenager and falling in love for the first time.
Join Julianne as she recalls awkward teenage moments, life in a small town, and a time that no longer exists in Remembering George Town East.
About the Author
Julianne Venditto was encouraged to write Remembering George Town East by members of her writing group. In it, she recalls growing up in the tight-knit Virginia community in the 1970s and 1980s. She now lives in a small town in Montana with her husband, Steve, and their daughter.