From Scarsdale Is An Evocative And Lyrical Memoir Of A Haunted Childhood In Scarsdale, New&10;york.&10;with A Cancer Diagnosis In His Early Forties, The Author Is Compelled To Revisit And Resolve The Mystery Of His Family's Sadness. The Fourth Of Six Children In An Irish-american Household Distinctly Out-of-place In This Affluent Suburb Of New York City, O&8217;brien Grows Up In A Claustrophobic Milieu Of Secrecy, Lies, And Mental Illness. The Turning Point In His Maturation Is An Older Brother&8217;s Attempted Suicide - An Event He Witnesses Firsthand.&10;from Scarsdale Traces With Sensitivity The Complex Histories And Dynamics That Lead To This Trauma, As O&8217;brien Investigates The Psychologies Of His Parents, Themselves The Survivors Of Painful Childhoods In Scarsdale.