Secondhand smoke to Corinthian leather - how to survive Gen X childhood. Leah Nagely's memoir captures the distinct rhythms of 1970s Portland through music, memory, and the magnetic pull of two houses. With crystalline prose and a scientist's eye for detail, she maps the geography of a split childhood - from console stereos to horse chestnut trees, davenports to telephones. A tender meditation on childhood, divorce, and the spaces that shape us.