Almost a Family:‭ ‬A Memoir,‭ ‬by John Darnton‭; ‬Knopf‭; ‬348‭ ‬pp.‭; ‬$27.95By Bill WilliamsJohn Darnton was‭ ‬11‭ ‬months old when his father,‭ ‬Barney Darnton,‭ ‬was killed during World War II while reporting on the war in the Pacific for‭ ‬The New York Times.Almost a Family is a meticulous reconstruction of the lives of the Darnton family‭ – ‬the author,‭ ‬his older … [Read more...]