what did you think of the scene of birdy in the car with his prom date?

actually Birdy was yet to show an interest in girls. if the book was continued you would soon find that he became enoumasly infatuated with the oppisite sex. how do i know? i was a long time correspondent of mr. whartons. Almost all his books are very autobiographical. I last saw him ten years ago when he did his first booktour for a book about the loss of his daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren, in a terrible car accident in oregon, which was due to the practice of supposedly controlled field burnings for the grass seed business. he decided to finally step out from behind his psuedonymn of William Wharton, for a cause and book that he felt was important enough to break his annonimity. He has spent most of his adult life in France with an Apartment on the west bank of the siene, a houseboat on the siene (he wrote a great book about that housboat simply tittled: a houseboat on the Seine. He also spends his summers in the Burgundy where he owns a fixed up 16th centuary mill. His primary source of income over the years has been his work as an impressionesr painter, of which he is a European icon, even having his own Museum. I f you would like to know more about Mr. Wharton consider reading: Scumbler, A Midenite Clear, Lost Lovers, The Pride and Dad(also a national book award winner). He still spends summers in Asbury Park, an is originally from Philadelphia. His passion for Birds still runs in him as he leaves several pairs of canaries loose on his houseboat everyday, and they always return at night. I had the pleasure of meeting him and his lovely wife about 10 years ago. He also owns a degree in psychology and is a veteran of WW II. The movie replaces Vietnam for WW II, but is otherwise very faithful to the book. He also wrote Tiddings, an autobiographical work of fiction about family and his love for Christmas, as well as Franky Furbo, which also explores his psychological upser over his service in WWII. A midnite Clear has also been made into a fine feature film about WWII and innocense. Manny of his books are out of print or available in large format paperback only. Ever After is the tittle of the true story about the loss of family in that horrendous car accident in Oregon. He is in many ways a simple man who originalllllly moved his family to Paris out of his dissapointment in America's cultural direcction. It has been his home for 30 plus years. By my account he should be about 82, 83 if still alive. I would have to think he is based on seeing him as a bear of a man in 1994, full of vitallity and love of life. The book Dad was also made into a feature film starring Jack Lemon and I believe Ted Danson. Lost Lovers film rights have been purchased, but the status of that project seems to be in jepordy but is well worth the read. In total he wrote eight books, as far as ones published. To meet him is to realize you may well be in the presencce of a future literary giant. Something that, rather unfortunately, is often only awarded after the authors death.