Benson Family Secrets

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When a poor teenager reads about the opulent world his mother grew up in, he sets out to capture the life that has been denied to him. Detailing the rise and fall of his wealthy relatives, Benson Family Secrets spans from the late sixties to the early 2000s. Part family saga, part coming of age tale, it is a domestic nightmare in the same vein as Richard Yates' "Revolutionary Road," Judith Guest's "Ordinary People," and Tom Perrotta's "Little Children."

The book tells the story of Taylor Benson, an eighth-grader from New Jersey who comes across his single mother's childhood writings. When he's taken under the wing of a rich aunt and uncle, Taylor sees firsthand the high society she's been exiled from. Once accepted at his cousin's lavish country club, he glimpses a future filled with everything he's ever wanted. But when he unearths his family's sordid past, he must decide for himself if money is really all that matters.

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Benson Family Secrets 2003 Epilogue -- May, 2003 (Stills-Young – "Long May You Run") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 1990 Prologue -- Christmas, 1990 (Billy Joel – "And So It Goes") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 42 Chapter Forty-Two -- August, 2002 (Alphaville – "Forever Young") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 41 Chapter Forty-One -- August, 2002 (Rolling Stones – "Paint it Black") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 40 Chapter Forty -- August, 1967 (Procol Harum – "A Whiter Shade of Pale") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 39 Chapter Thirty-Nine -- June, 1967 (Bob Dylan – "My Back Pages") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 38 Chapter Thirty-Eight -- August, 2002 (Paul Simon – "Mother and Child Reunion") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven -- May, 1986 (Moody Blues – "Your Wildest Dreams") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 36 Chapter Thirty-Six -- November, 1984 (Elton John – "Funeral for a Friend") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 35 Chapter Thirty-Five -- December, 1983 (Prince – "Little Red Corvette") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 34 Chapter Thirty-Four -- August, 2002 (Sniff 'n the Tears – "Driver's Seat") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 33 Chapter Thirty-Three -- May, 1981 (Rolling Stones – "Emotional Rescue") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 32 Chapter Thirty-Two -- February, 1979 (Art Garfunkel – "Bright Eyes") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 31 Chapter Thirty-One -- Summer, 1977 (Bee-Gee's – "Nights on Broadway") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 30 Chapter Thirty -- August, 2002 (Bob Seger – "We've got Tonight") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 29 Chapter Twenty-Nine -- June, 2002 (Pink Floyd – "In the Flesh") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight -- May, 1975 (Fleetwood Mac – "Come a little bit closer") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 27 Chapter Twenty-Seven -- April, 1975 (Elton John – "Better Off Dead") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 26 Chapter Twenty-Six -- May, 2002 (Don Henley – "Dirty Laundry") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 25 Chapter Twenty-Five -- October, 1974 (Gilbert O'Sullivan – "Get Down") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 24 Chapter Twenty-Four -- October, 2001 (Blind Faith – "Can't Find My Way Home") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 23 Chapter Twenty-Three -- Spring, 1974 (The Eagles – "Take it to the Limit") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 22 Chapter Twenty-Two -- Thanksgiving, 1973 (Python Lee Jackson – "In a Broken Dream") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 21 Chapter Twenty-One -- March, 1973 (Big Star – "The Ballad of El Goodo") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 20 Chapter Twenty -- March, 2000 (Pearl Jam – "Better Man") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 19 Chapter Nineteen -- November, 1972 (The Main Ingredient – "Everybody plays the Fool") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 18 Chapter Eighteen -- December, 1999 (Ozzy Osbourne – "Mama, I'm Comin' Home") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 17 Chapter Seventeen -- June, 1971 (Stylistics – "You are Everything") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 16 Chapter Sixteen -- September, 1999 (Billy Joel – "The Stranger") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 15 Chapter Fifteen -- Late August, 1999 (Bonnie Tyler – "Total Eclipse of the Heart") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 14 Chapter Fourteen -- August, 1999 (Simon & Garfunkel – "Bookends") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 13 Chapter Thirteen -- December, 1969 (Led Zeppelin – "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 12 Chapter Twelve -- Late July, 1999 (Elliott Smith – "Somebody that I Used to Know") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 11 Chapter Eleven -- February, 1969 (Cat Stevens – "Lilywhite") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 10 Chapter Ten -- July 4th, 1999 (Styx – "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 9 Chapter Nine -- December, 1968 (Van Morrison – "The Way Young Lovers Do") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 8 Chapter Eight -- June, 1999 (Nirvana – "The Man Who Sold the World") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 7 Chapter Seven -- October, 1968 (Iron Butterfly – "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 6 Chapter Six -- May, 1999 (Boomtown Rats – "I Don't Like Mondays") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 5 Chapter Five -- May, 1999 (Prince – "Darling Nikki") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 4 Chapter Four -- March, 1968 (Moody Blues – "Nights in White Satin") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 3 Chapter Three -- April, 1999 (Elvis Costello – "And in Every Home...") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 2 Chapter Two -- Christmas, 1967 (The Doors – "People are Strange") RoyalRoadL
Benson Family Secrets 1 Chapter One -- April, 1999 (Oasis – "Don't Look Back in Anger") RoyalRoadL