Offbeat Chronicles

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The Day I Thought My Grandma Was Possessed

The Day I Thought My Grandma Was Possessed

And all her friends were too.

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René Volpi
Nov 17, 2023
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a woman laying on her back in the rain

The worst years of my childhood were when my parents — going through a horrible divorce — placed me with my grandma until the heat came down and it was safe to return home. It took 2 and a half years!

There were times I didn't think I was going to make it. With a strictly Catholic Italian background, she was as old school as it gets. And I soon started t…

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