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One of the few clear memories Ms. Berne's father had of his mother was of sitting with her in the garden while she planted spring bulbs.

The Cincinnati Grocer's Kid Stephen Birmingham 2010

Recent opportunities to hear the influential American composer and saxophonist Tim Berne have included free-funk adventures with guitar wildmen such as Marc Ducret and Nels Cline – but Berne's current band, Snakeoil, is a different story.

Tim Berne: Snakeoil – review 2012

Here's the back story of "Missing Lucile": Suzanne Berne's great-grandfather was B.H. Kroger, the Cincinnati grocery magnate who once owned a zillion grocery stores all across the Midwest.

Suzanne Berne's "Missing Lucile," reviewed by Carolyn See Carolyn See 2010

Late in his life, Ms. Berne's father, through a psychic, often had conversations with his mother.

The Cincinnati Grocer's Kid Stephen Birmingham 2010

Ms. Berne's background as a novelist ( "A Crime in the Neighborhood") serves her well here as she artfully weaves actual events of the early 20th century with what Lucile might or might not have been doing or thinking at the time.

The Cincinnati Grocer's Kid Stephen Birmingham 2010

Here's the back story of "Missing Lucile": Suzanne Berne's great-grandfather was B.H. Kroger, the Cincinnati grocery magnate who once owned a zillion grocery stores all across the Midwest.

Suzanne Berne's "Missing Lucile," reviewed by Carolyn See Carolyn See 2010

Because not only did Lucile die when Berne's father was 6, she had been remote and cold when she was alive.

Suzanne Berne's "Missing Lucile," reviewed by Carolyn See Carolyn See 2010

In terms of "transactional analysis" (see Eric Berne's "Games People Play"), they are counterattacks which escalate the conflict.

See Saw III... If You've Got Nothing Better to Do, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Because not only did Lucile die when Berne's father was 6, she had been remote and cold when she was alive.

Suzanne Berne's "Missing Lucile," reviewed by Carolyn See Carolyn See 2010

Lucile Kroger was Ms. Berne's paternal grandmother, and the author is undaunted by the lack of hard information available about the woman — the book's subtitle is "Memories of the Grandmother I Never Knew."

The Cincinnati Grocer's Kid Stephen Birmingham 2010