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Book SynopsisOne thing the author hardly ever wrote or talked about was his private life, especially the time he shared with his first wife, Carol. She was the love of his life. His public tribute to Carol was a heart-wrenching column written on what would have been her forty-fifth birthday, "November Farewell." This book tells their story.
Trade Review"Mike Royko wrote love letters to his readers every day, and maybe this is how he got started." - Roger Ebert "For thirty years Mike Royko's newspaper columns made life miserable for bad guys in politics and business, and brightened the day for readers across the country. But for him, the most important words he ever wrote are the ones in this book: his letters to the beautiful girl he had loved from afar since he was nine and she was six. He was, as his son David says, a Cyrano de Bergerac in an airman's uniform, a 21-year-old Chicago kid using his pen to express what he couldn't say in person. It worked. He won her heart, and this book will win yours, too." - Lois Wille"
