An entertainment lawyer in private practice and author of “Social Q’s,” the wry new etiquette column in The New York Times Sunday Styles section, Philip Galanes is also an award-winning interior designer of commercial and residential spaces. His first novel, Father’s Day, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick. He divides his time between New York City and East Hampton, New York. You can learn more about him at www.philipgalanes.com.

Blog Entries by Philip Galanes

This One's For Martha

Posted August 4, 2008 | 04:31 PM (EST)


My father killed himself--with a gun.

I was 23 at the time, and lied about it for ten years straight, substituting gentler causes for the grisly scene on my childhood lawn.

"Heart attack," I told my best friend, Lia, when she asked me how he died. I would...

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