dedicated in memory of my wonderful parents : lucien e. roberge ( 1925-1984 ) and adella dell roberge ( 1927-2006 ) and my dear friend janet melanson staggs ( 1949-2002 ) chapter one new hampshire1962 thirty-four days had passed since id bolted out of my seventh-grade class at elm park school , extended my arms toward the sky , and shouted , yahoo !