Red Nose Diaries

Not all that clowny

And so yes, there are blackberries and trails along the levee, and friendly people and pancakes...
But there is also this:

Four cop cars (four!) and neighbor cuffed and pressed against the hood of one. They search his home, his car, confiscate his wife's botony books.

His children ride over to our parking lot on their bikes--dirty-faced and hopeful. "Our daddy's in a cop car, and they're going through our stuff".
The children know what to do.
Spooky Nell and J. play dodgeball with them, and Freddy runs around laughing and screaming.