Homecoming essays

Homecoming essays Homecoming's most important part takes place a few hours outside of Manhattan at Annette's, the Grandmother of the Byrne family, elegant country home. Most of the family, Gene, Ellen, Mark, Aaron, Brenda, Cynthia, Andrew, live in Manhattan. Lewis and Daisy live in Washington. It happens during the winter. Annette Byrne is the mother of Gene and Lewis. The two brothers grew up close and worked together in an architecture firm. One evening at an opening party, for a hotel that they had constructed with their successful firm, collapsed. Many people died, and many were seriously injured. They went to trial and it was very dirty and tore the brothers apart. For the next many years the two brothers didn't' talk. Gene's daughter Ellen and Lewis' daughter Cynthia didn't talk often and they lived in the same city. Gene's daughter Ellen left her fianc, a very wealthy well-known man, for Mark. Mark worked in an art gallery, and they fell in love. Gene didn't' approve of this, but dealt with it. Gene gave her a hard time about her marriage for a long time, because Mark was Jewish. Mark's parents were Aaron and Brenda. Aaron was a doctor, and Brenda was a social worker. Gene and Aaron met once and didn't' get along at all and haven't spoke since. Ellen and Mark had a baby Lucy, and a bout four years later they had a second child Freddie. Mark and Ellen were very happy and saving up to start open an art gallery. At about the same time as Freddie's birth, Lewis' daughter, Ellen, had twins. Ellen married a man named Andrew. They were very happy together, and very successful. When the twins were about twelve months old, they were hit by an out of control taxicab while out for a walk with the nanny. Cynthia and Andrew supported each other, but then began to drift apart. One night at a party they were just beginning to become close again, and start a new, and Andrew cheated on Cynthia. S ...