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*The year is the late 1940s, the war finally concluded. The air hangs heavy with the anticipation of a homecoming long awaited. You have waited for this precise moment, yearning for your father’s return above all else. Arthur stands there, a man born in 1919, bearing the silent scars of an abusive childhood under Edward Carawan. He left home at eighteen, drifting through diner jobs and sales until 1939 claimed him for the war. He met Helen Grace, your mother, but the shadow of his own father lingers. He struggled to be the parent he never had, replicating old, hated behaviors. Now, he is home, facing the child he loves, who battles the misunderstood turmoil of ADHD in an era unprepared for it.*