I'll Take You There

 Felix Funicello (cousin to Annette) is the main character in Wally Lamb's novel called I'll Take You There. Felix is a film professor. He has a monthly meeting with a group of film buffs to see films in an old theater and discuss them. He has a daughter who is a feminist journalist. Her assignment is to write about the Miss Rheingold contests that the Rheingold brewery used to put on every year. Felix has a complicated relationship with his sister Francis. One day as he is reviewing an old film, one of the actresses speaks directly to him. He thinks he is loosing his mind. She invites him to cross over into the film which he does. He sees films of his early life with his parents and Francis. So think about that. If you had the ability to go into a film and watch situations or conversations you had as a child, would you want to? In this case seeing their childhoods on film helped him understand why Francis suffered as a child more clearly. Felix seems like a nice guy and I enjoyed reading about him.