It was the best of times....

This book jumped off the shelf of a random used book store I visited.  It's a book I have never read, but it reminds me of him.  This book is a key prop in a hilarious Cheers episode, when Frazier tries to elevate the bar-folk's classic-lit knowledge by reading "A Tale of Two Cities."  Of course this scene plays out hilariously, which always makes me think of my dad.  Then, this book was referenced during my dad's now-famous "Great Depression Interview" with a friend's daughter.  She needed to present her research as 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...."  I remember when my friend asked me if my dad would be interviewed, I told her "yes, but he will say everything was fine and dandy" because my dad never did complain about any of the "hard times" whether it be the Depression, loss of family members, troubled times, or even cancer.  And of course when this book came up in the interview, we had a good laugh about Cheers, and then he went on to say that it was true.....that great goodness came out of those hard times, including a lot of what has formed him as a s person.  Yes, it was the best of times.