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by Walter F. Kern (Author)
This memoir is a departure from the motorcycle themes of my previous four books. I grew up in Normal, Illinois, but had lived in New Jersey for more than 30 years when my father died at the age of 84. I was 54 at the time and soon learned that family secrets had been kept from me. Strange deaths, tragedies, indiscretions, and relationships lay in my past, totally hidden. It took me seven years to uncover these secrets from personal interviews, genealogical studies, public records, and cutting-edge scientific work done by worldwide experts. Along the way, I trace my own life path from wanting to be a mechanic to gaining a master's degree at MIT and working at a famous research laboratory. I also tell my own 50-year love story. The secrets are now known, and I thought it was time at the age of 79 that I should write this memoir to tell you all about my Normal Secrets.
Author Biography
Walter F. Kern worked 35 years in telephone research after receiving a master's degree in electrical engineering. He then switched careers several times, eventually writing four books. Upon the death of his father, Walter was made aware that there were secrets in his family that had been kept from him. After he uncovered all the secrets, he decided to write this memoir to tell you how he did it.
