What On Earth Have I Done?: Stories, Observations, and Affirmations

"My house in Seattle is across the street from an elementary school. A high fence blocks my view, but I'm close enough to overhear conversations. One morning…I heard a car door opened, then slammed shut…a woman's voice came blasting over the fence: "BILLY…WHAT…ON…EARTH…HAVE…YOU…DONE?"…My own mother asked me the same question. Often. And I, in my turn asked my own children, who, no doubt have followed the same line of inquiry with their kids…"

Robert Fulghum's new book begins with a question ...